Senior Security Architect: Compliance & Cloud Security Lead

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect Senior Lead to evaluate security across our distributed network and products, guiding technical control design and supporting security programs with a focus on information security compliance.

You will partner with engineering, product, and security teams to translate requirements into technical specifications and guardrails, drive audits, and improve control adoption via automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required 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

• Assess cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs against security and compliance requirements.
• Translate requirements into technical specifications, security blueprints, and engineering guardrails.
• Support compliance programs, control assessments, and audits using Akamai's common control framework.
• Work with engineering and InfoSec to investigate security risks and define remediation.
• Improve adoption and monitoring of security controls through AI and automation.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Audit & compliance

Security requirements translation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect Senior Lead to evaluate security across our distributed network and products, guiding technical control design and supporting security programs with a focus on information security compliance.

You will partner with engineering, product, and security teams to translate requirements into technical specifications and guardrails, drive audits, and improve control adoption via automation.