Senior Security Architect – Compliance & Cloud Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect Senior Lead to evaluate cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs for security and compliance.

You will translate requirements into security blueprints and guardrails, guiding engineering teams to implement robust controls across distributed systems. Join a team that collaborates with engineering and InfoSec to drive risk remediation, enhances security posture, and advances compliance programs through AI-led automation and

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

Security architecture

Control frameworks

PCI DSS

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect Senior Lead to evaluate cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs for security and compliance.

You will translate requirements into security blueprints and guardrails, guiding engineering teams to implement robust controls across distributed systems. Join a team that collaborates with engineering and InfoSec to drive risk remediation, enhances security posture, and advances compliance programs through AI-led automation and