Senior Security Engineer — AI-Driven Cloud & App Defense

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 113,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

PTO (paid time off)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Information Security Team in Denver. You will work with IT and engineering to provide security design guidance for applications, systems, and platforms.

You will research adversarial techniques, perform security assessments, and help deploy risk-mitigating controls while aligning with NIST standards and evolving AI-enabled security processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant security experience and a Bachelor's degree.
• Proven experience with network security analysis or intrusion management.
• Experience with malware and vulnerability identification and mitigation.
• Experience identifying software and application compromises and vulnerabilities.
• Experience with secure deployment and usage of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).
• Experience working in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment.

Responsibilities

• Research adversarial techniques, vulnerabilities, detection and response strategies.
• Conduct network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and mitigation.
• Assist with design and deployment of security risk mitigating controls.
• Perform compliance and policy-based investigations of internal systems.
• Document security guidelines, procedures, and policies (NIST 800-53/800-171).
• Provide security guidance to Akamai business units.
• Leverage emerging AI to enhance processes and automation.
• Develop scripts and tools to support security functions.

Skills

Network security analysis

Malware analysis

Vulnerability identification

IaaS security deployment

FedRAMP/CMMC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Information Security Team in Denver. You will work with IT and engineering to provide security design guidance for applications, systems, and platforms.

You will research adversarial techniques, perform security assessments, and help deploy risk-mitigating controls while aligning with NIST standards and evolving AI-enabled security processes.