Senior AI & API Security Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to own the technical sales lifecycle for API and Agent Security solutions.

You will translate complex security concepts into practical use cases for engineers and C-level executives, while serving as the AI security expert across customers, internal teams, and partners. You will collaborate with sales, product, and engineering to drive customer success, shaping security transformations and delivering compelling product

Qualifications

• 12 years in a technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or related role in cybersecurity or API-related fields.
• Expertise in Agentic Security, API and AI runtime security, network firewalls, WAF, CNAPP, and SecOps tools like SIEM/SOAR.
• Proficiency with TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized applications (Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Own the technical sales lifecycle including discovery, solution design, and product demos.
• Translate complex concepts into use cases for engineers to executives.
• Serve as the go-to expert on AI security for customers, teams, and partners.
• Take a consultative approach to solutions and address next generation security transformation.
• Act as technical POC for customers to ensure success and satisfaction.
• Gather customer requirements and align solutions with product/engineering teams.
• Present Akamai's AI security vision at conferences, webinars, and workshops.
• Collaborate with sales, product, and engineering to improve customer experience.

Skills

Security architecture

API security

AI runtime security

Network security

WAF/CNAPP

SIEM/SOAR

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to own the technical sales lifecycle for API and Agent Security solutions.

You will translate complex security concepts into practical use cases for engineers and C-level executives, while serving as the AI security expert across customers, internal teams, and partners. You will collaborate with sales, product, and engineering to drive customer success, shaping security transformations and delivering compelling product