Senior AI/API Security Architect

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

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to own the technical sales lifecycle for API and Agent security, delivering compelling product demonstrations and translating complex concepts for both technical teams and C‑level executives.

You will be the go‑to AI security expert, collaborate with product and engineering, gather customer requirements, and help customers maximize security impact across AI workflows on Akamai’s distributed cloud platform.

Qualifications

• 12 years in technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or related cybersecurity roles.
• Proficient in TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
• Excellent written and spoken English with strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical sales lifecycle, including discovery, design, and compelling product demonstrations.
• Translate complex technical concepts into impactful use cases for engineers and executives.
• Serve as the go-to AI security expert for customers, internal teams, and partners.
• Gather customer requirements and work with product/engineering to align solutions to needs.
• Present Akamai’s AI security vision at industry conferences, webinars, and sessions.
• Partner with sales, product management, and engineering to improve the customer experience.

Skills

Agentic Security

API security

AI runtime security

Network firewalls

WAF

CNAPP

SecOps tools

SIEM/SOAR

Executive communication

Pre-sales experience

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Containerization

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to own the technical sales lifecycle for API and Agent security, delivering compelling product demonstrations and translating complex concepts for both technical teams and C‑level executives.

You will be the go‑to AI security expert, collaborate with product and engineering, gather customer requirements, and help customers maximize security impact across AI workflows on Akamai’s distributed cloud platform.