Senior Security Engineer — Flexible, AI-Driven Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to assess and mitigate risk across Akamai's global platform.

You will collaborate with Akamai IT and engineering teams, providing security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems, and platforms. You will research adversarial techniques, conduct security assessments, assist with controls deployment, and contribute to NIST 800-53/800-171 compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant security engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 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 working 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 with emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 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

Network security analysis

Intrusion management

Malware analysis

Vulnerability identification

IaaS security

FedRAMP/CMMC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to assess and mitigate risk across Akamai's global platform.

You will collaborate with Akamai IT and engineering teams, providing security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems, and platforms. You will research adversarial techniques, conduct security assessments, assist with controls deployment, and contribute to NIST 800-53/800-171 compliance.