Senior Security Architect Lead - Cloud & Compliance

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

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect Senior Lead to evaluate security across cloud, network, infrastructure, and applications and guide control design.

You will support compliance programs and audits, working with engineering and InfoSec to remediate risks while advancing automated security controls. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience and proven expertise in PCI DSS, distributed systems security, and control frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Experience assessing security in cloud, networks, infra, apps and data governance.
• Expertise in PCI DSS requirements, control assessment and audit support.
• Demonstrated ability designing security architectures 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.
• Collaborate with engineering and InfoSec to investigate risks and define remediation.
• Improve adoption and monitoring of security controls through AI and automation.

Skills

Security assessment

PCI DSS

Security architecture

Control frameworks

Audits

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Architect Senior Lead to evaluate security across cloud, network, infrastructure, and applications and guide control design.

You will support compliance programs and audits, working with engineering and InfoSec to remediate risks while advancing automated security controls. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience and proven expertise in PCI DSS, distributed systems security, and control frameworks.