Security Incident Responder

Akamai Technologies; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Services Incident Responder to join our Managed Cloud Operations team. You will monitor environments, assess live alerts, perform initial triage, and route critical events to engineering to minimize downtime and protect customers’ digital experiences.

The role requires about 2 years of experience and a Bachelor’s in IT, CS, Cybersecurity, Networking, or equivalent. You’ll apply monitoring dashboards, analyze logs, and communicate technical updates clearly during

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in incident response or operations.
• Core understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL).
• Ability to interpret monitoring dashboards, system logs, and alerts to perform rapid triage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication during active incidents.
• Calm, decisive, and detail-oriented under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer events in real time and monitor environments.
• Perform initial triage and route critical incidents to engineering teams.
• Create and update incident tickets with priority and status updates.
• Coordinate with global operations and engineering to resolve incidents quickly.

Skills

Networking concepts

Triage

Real-time monitoring

Incident response

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity/Networking

Job description

Job Description

Would you enjoy keeping some of the world's largest online businesses running seamlessly?

Are you passionate about technology, operational excellence, and real-time event response?

Join our world-class Managed Cloud Operations team. Our Managed Cloud Operations team strives to be the most trusted managed services partner for our customers. We ensure the availability and reliability of customer applications through continuous monitoring, swift triage, and team coordination. Our work directly safeguards the performance of critical online services, preventing issues before they affect end users.

Respond to customer events in real time

As a Services Incident Responder, you will serve as the frontline defense for our customer operations. You will monitor environments, assess live alerts, perform initial triage, and route critical events to engineering teams. Your rapid response directly minimizes customer downtime, protecting the digital experiences millions of people rely on daily.

As a Services Incident Responder, you will be responsible for:

• Tracking customer environments and internal platforms via centralized alerting systems to catch issues early.
• Performing immediate triage on customer-impacting events using established operational procedures and playbooks.
• Assessing real-time customer impact and rapidly mobilizing the correct internal engineering teams.
• Creating, updating, and routing priority incident tickets to accelerate issue resolution.
• Delivering timely, accurate status updates during active incidents to keep stakeholders and customers informed.
• Partnering with global operations and engineering groups to resolve customer-facing incidents efficiently.

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 2yrs experience and a Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Cybersecurity, Networking, or equivalent practical experience.
• Core understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL) and internet application flow.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret monitoring dashboards, system logs, and operational alerts to perform rapid initial triage.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical updates clearly during active, customer-impacting incidents.
• Have proven capacity to remain calm, focused, and decisive when handling urgent operational issues.
• High attention to detail, adherence to established playbooks, and a strong drive to learn emerging cloud and monitoring technologies.

About Us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our Focus Is Simple

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $53,600 - $96,400/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.