Senior API & AI Security Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to lead the technical sales lifecycle for AI and API security, translating complex concepts into compelling use cases for diverse audiences.

You will serve as the go-to expert on AI security, drive security transformation, and ensure customer success by coordinating with product, engineering, and sales teams.

Qualifications

• 12 years in technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or related cybersecurity roles.
• Expertise in API and AI security, cloud and network technologies.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes clusters and containerized apps.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into practical use cases.
• Subject matter expert on AI security.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical sales lifecycle from discovery to solution delivery.
• Translate complex concepts into impactful use cases for diverse audiences.
• Serve as the go-to expert on AI security for customers and partners.
• Take a consultative approach to security transformation challenges.
• Act as the technical point of contact to ensure customer success.
• Gather requirements and align solutions with product and engineering teams.
• Present Akamai’s AI security vision at conferences, webinars, and workshops.
• Collaborate with sales, product management, and engineering to improve experience.

Skills

Agentic Security

API security

AI runtime security

Network security

WAF

CNAPP

SIEM/SOAR

Presentation skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Enterprise Security Architect to lead the technical sales lifecycle for AI and API security, translating complex concepts into compelling use cases for diverse audiences.

You will serve as the go-to expert on AI security, drive security transformation, and ensure customer success by coordinating with product, engineering, and sales teams.