Senior Security Engineer

Akamai•Cambridge, MA

5d•$112,500 - $202,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Akamai's Information Security Team as a Senior Security Engineer. This role is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will report directly to the Director of Security Engineering and have the opportunity to address global security challenges. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be assessing and mitigating the risk of doing business in today's hyper-connected world. You will work directly with Akamai's IT and engineering organizations, providing security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems, and platforms.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant experience
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
Demonstrate experience working 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 a particular 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.