Senior Security Architect – Cloud & Compliance Leader

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Montpelier (VT); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Equity awards

Paid time off

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Security Architect Senior Lead to join the Security Compliance and Customer Trust Team.

You will assess cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs against security and compliance requirements, translating requirements into security blueprints and guardrails. The role partners with engineering and InfoSec to investigate risks, support audits, and improve security controls through AI and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive experience assessing security in cloud systems, Internet technologies, infrastructure, applications, and data governance.
• Expertise in PCI DSS requirements, control assessment, and audit support.
• Proven experience designing security architectures and control frameworks for distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Assessing cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs against security and compliance requirements
• Translating requirements into technical specifications, security blueprints, and engineering guardrails
• Supporting compliance programs, control assessments, and audits using Akamai's common control framework
• Working with engineering and InfoSec to investigate security risks and define remediation
• Improving adoption and monitoring of security controls through AI and automation

Skills

Cloud security

Security architecture

Control frameworks

PCI DSS

Audits

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Security Architect Senior Lead to join the Security Compliance and Customer Trust Team.

You will assess cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs against security and compliance requirements, translating requirements into security blueprints and guardrails. The role partners with engineering and InfoSec to investigate risks, support audits, and improve security controls through AI and automation.