Senior Security Engineer — AI-Driven Risk & Defense

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will report to the Director of Security Engineering and address global security challenges at scale.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will assess and mitigate risk, provide security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms, and collaborate with IT and engineering teams across Akamai.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant 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 the secure deployment and usage of infrastructure-as-a-service.
• Experience in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment.

Responsibilities

• Research adversarial techniques, emerging vulnerabilities, and related detection and response strategies.
• Conduct network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and provide mitigation strategies.
• 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 and 800-171).
• Provide security guidance and consultation to Akamai business units.
• Leverage emerging AI capabilities to enhance processes and automation.
• Develop scripts and tools to support the above functions.

Skills

5+ years of experience

Network security analysis

Malware and vulnerability handling

Software/application compromises

Infrastructure-as-a-Service security

FedRAMP/CMMC environment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will report to the Director of Security Engineering and address global security challenges at scale.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will assess and mitigate risk, provide security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms, and collaborate with IT and engineering teams across Akamai.