Senior Security Engineer — Safeguard the Internet

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

Job summary

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

You will work closely with IT and engineering teams to assess risks and provide security design guidance for applications, systems, and platforms. In this role you will research adversarial techniques, conduct security assessments, implement controls, and contribute to NIST-based documentation and policy compliance.

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 (IaaS).
• 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 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 analysis

Vulnerability identification

Vulnerability mitigation

IaaS security

FedRAMP/CMMC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

You will work closely with IT and engineering teams to assess risks and provide security design guidance for applications, systems, and platforms. In this role you will research adversarial techniques, conduct security assessments, implement controls, and contribute to NIST-based documentation and policy compliance.