Senior Security Engineer: AI-Driven Security & Compliance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K savings plan

Equity awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to assess and mitigate risks for Akamai's systems and customers worldwide.

You will partner with IT and engineering to provide security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms. You will research adversarial techniques, conduct security assessments, deploy mitigating controls, and document guidelines emphasizing NIST standards.

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.
• Demonstrated experience in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment.

Responsibilities

• Researching and staying current on adversarial techniques, emerging vulnerabilities, and related detection and response strategies.
• Conducting network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and provide mitigation strategies.
• Assisting with design and deployment of security risk mitigating controls.
• Performing compliance and policy-based investigations of internal systems.
• Documenting security guidelines, procedures, and policies with a particular emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
• Providing security guidance and consultation to Akamai business units.
• Leveraging emerging AI capabilities to enhance new and existing processes and automation
• Developing scripts and tools to support the above functions.

Skills

Network security analysis

Intrusion management

Malware detection

Vulnerability identification

Security design guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to assess and mitigate risks for Akamai's systems and customers worldwide.

You will partner with IT and engineering to provide security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms. You will research adversarial techniques, conduct security assessments, deploy mitigating controls, and document guidelines emphasizing NIST standards.