Senior Security Engineer — Remote & Flexible, AI-Driven

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

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Florida to help safeguard Akamai, its customers, and the Internet.

You will partner with IT and engineering teams, reporting to the Director of Security Engineering, and contribute to security design for new and existing applications and platforms. You will research adversarial techniques, perform risk assessments, and document guidelines with emphasis on NIST 800-53 and 800-171 while leveraging AI to enhance security processes.

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

Responsibilities

• Researching 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 emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
• Providing security guidance and consultation to Akamai business units.
• Leveraging emerging AI capabilities to enhance processes and automation.
• Developing scripts and tools to support the above functions.

Skills

Network security analysis

Intrusion management

Malware identification

Vulnerability identification

IaaS security deployment

FedRAMP/CMMC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Florida to help safeguard Akamai, its customers, and the Internet.

You will partner with IT and engineering teams, reporting to the Director of Security Engineering, and contribute to security design for new and existing applications and platforms. You will research adversarial techniques, perform risk assessments, and document guidelines with emphasis on NIST 800-53 and 800-171 while leveraging AI to enhance security processes.