Senior Security Engineer — Remote & AI-Driven Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K plan

Vacation (PTO)

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to assess and mitigate risk, collaborating with IT and engineering to provide security design guidance for applications, systems and platforms.

You will report to the Director of Security Engineering and influence global security challenges powered by Akamai's platform. You will develop and implement security controls, conduct assessments, and advise business units on best practices, with a focus on secure deployment and automation.

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.
• Experience in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment.

Responsibilities

• Research adversarial techniques, emerging vulnerabilities and related detection/response strategies.
• Conduct network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and mitigations.
• 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 AI capabilities to enhance processes and automation.
• Develop scripts/tools to support these functions.

Skills

5+ years experience

Network security analysis

Malware and vulnerability

Software/application compromises

IaaS security deployment

FedRAMP / CMMC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to assess and mitigate risk, collaborating with IT and engineering to provide security design guidance for applications, systems and platforms.

You will report to the Director of Security Engineering and influence global security challenges powered by Akamai's platform. You will develop and implement security controls, conduct assessments, and advise business units on best practices, with a focus on secure deployment and automation.