Senior Technical Account Manager, Security

Socket.dev; United States; Hybrid; USD 112,500 - 202,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Technical Account Manager in our Application Security division to work with enterprise customers on API security, threat modeling, and secure deployment of our platform. You will own the technical relationship from onboarding through renewal, deliver demos, discuss roadmaps, and translate security concepts for executives and technical staff alike.

Your background in cloud security and API protections will drive customer value.

Qualifications

• Deep security knowledge of API threats and vulnerabilities.
• Experience communicating security concepts to executive audiences.
• Understanding of application security principles and secure development practices.
• Experience with cloud security solutions and enterprise deployments.

Responsibilities

• Owning the technical relationship with customers from onboarding through renewal.
• Performing technical presentations and demos for customers and partners.
• Translating complex security concepts to both technical staff and executives.
• Adapting to changing business environments to deliver value for enterprise customers.
• Providing updates on requested features, bug fixes, and product roadmaps.
• Understanding customer environments to drive value.

Skills

Security knowledge

API security

Cloud security

Executive communication

Presentations

Job description

Are you excited by the prospect of working with innovative security products?

Are you passionate about being a technical evangelist & growing customers business?

Join our innovative Application Security Product division!

You'll work with customers to address their needs in API Security, implementing our solutions for maximum impact. Our customers rely on our platform for some of their most critical infrastructure.

Partner with the best

You'll apply your problem-solving ability, empathy, creativity, and cybersecurity knowledge to help map APIs, assess exposure, showcase attacks patterns and indicators of compromise, and drive impact.

As a Senior Technical Account Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Owning the technical relationship with customers from onboarding through renewal
• Performing technical presentations and demos for customers and partners
• Communicating concepts to audiences, including executive-level decision-makers, and follow up with technical staff in all areas
• Adapting to complex, changing business environments to deliver valuable solutions to enterprise customers
• Providing updates to customers on requested features, bug fixes, and product roadmaps
• Familiarizing yourself with customer environments, requirements, and milestones in order to help drive value

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years' experience and a successful track record in the security industry with large enterprise customers
• Possess Security knowledge to understand common API security vulnerabilities and attacks in-depth
• Have an understanding of Application Security Principles and how to apply them in the app development process
• Have excellent knowledge and experience with a wide variety of cloud and cybersecurity solutions
• Have excellent written English coupled with verbal communication, listening, and presentation skills

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - The On Target Earnings (OTE, base salary + commissions) for this position ranges from $112,500 - $202,500/year; a candidate’s OTE is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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