Senior Security Compliance Architect (DoD/NIST & Cloud)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 132,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Compliance Specialist Principal Lead to drive enterprise-wide compliance initiatives across regulatory and industry frameworks.

You will design scalable control frameworks, interpret complex requirements, and lead end-to-end audit activities with cross-functional teams to ensure readiness. You will collaborate with security architects, engineers, and product teams to map controls to federal, defense, and international standards, driving continuous

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security compliance across DoD, NIST, and ISO standards.
• Experience with DoD SRG, CMMC, FedRAMP, and ISO 27001 implementations.
• Experience with cloud service providers and interacting with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and implementing unified control frameworks for DoD and international standards.
• Collaborating with security architects, engineers, and system owners to design verifiable controls.
• Serving as primary technical interface for 3PAOs, C3PAOs, and defense agencies.

Skills

Security compliance

Audit management

Cloud security

Regulatory frameworks

CISSP/CISA/CISM

Education

BA/BS or Graduate Degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Security Compliance Specialist Principal Lead to drive enterprise-wide compliance initiatives across regulatory and industry frameworks.

You will design scalable control frameworks, interpret complex requirements, and lead end-to-end audit activities with cross-functional teams to ensure readiness. You will collaborate with security architects, engineers, and product teams to map controls to federal, defense, and international standards, driving continuous