Senior Security Engineer — Hybrid/Remote, AI Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

FlexBase program

Hybrid/remote work options

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help safeguard Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will work with IT and engineering teams to provide security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms.

The role emphasizes research of adversarial techniques, risk mitigation, and compliance with NIST guidelines, while leveraging AI to improve processes and tooling. This position reports to the Director of Security Engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with network security analysis or intrusion management.
• Experience with malware and vulnerability identification and mitigation.
• 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 strategies.
• Conduct security assessments of networks, applications and systems to identify risks and mitigations.
• Assist with design and deployment of security controls.
• Perform compliance and policy investigations of internal systems.
• Document security guidelines and policies with emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
• Provide security guidance to Akamai business units.
• Leverage AI capabilities to enhance security processes and automation.
• Develop scripts and tools to support security functions.

Skills

Network security

Intrusion management

Malware analysis

Vulnerability assessment

IaaS security

FedRAMP/CMMC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help safeguard Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will work with IT and engineering teams to provide security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms.

The role emphasizes research of adversarial techniques, risk mitigation, and compliance with NIST guidelines, while leveraging AI to improve processes and tooling. This position reports to the Director of Security Engineering.