Senior Software Engineer- Remote

Akamai • Cambridge, MA

6d • Remote

About The Position

Does an opportunity to secure scaled systems interest you?
Do hybrid local/cloud infrastructures interest you?
Join our Engineering team
Our team is a part of the Cloud Security Intelligence group. Together, we own one of the largest Big Data environments. Our team owns various Intelligence Security products that run as part of this environment and is also responsible for innovatively developing.
Partner with the best
You will be responsible for embedding security into every stage of the software delivery lifecycle, enabling teams to ship quickly while maintaining security and compliance standards. This role partners closely with engineering, platform, and security teams to design, automate, and operate secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and runtime environments.
As a Software Engineer Senior, you will be responsible for embedding security into every stage of the software delivery lifecycle, enabling teams to ship quickly while maintaining security and compliance standards. This role partners closely with engineering, platform, and security teams to design, automate, and operate secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and runtime environments.
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps or DevSecOps Engineer, operating production-grade systems at scale
• Demonstrate great proficiency in Linux/Unix environments, with hands-on experience in Terraform, Python, and shell scripting for automation and infrastructure management
• Possess experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes-based platforms, including large-scale containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Have hands-on experience migrating, building, and securing systems in cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, GCP or any other cloud
• Be highly responsible, self-managed, and self-motivated, with attention to detail and excellent troubleshooting skills, able to operate effectively with minimal supervision
• Be able to obtain a security clearance

Responsibilities

• Operating and continuously improving application and infrastructure security tooling, including SAST, DAST, cloud security platforms, and vulnerability management systems
• Designing, maintain, and updating Terraform and infrastructure-as-code modules to comply with security best practices, internal standards, and regulatory requirements
• Building/owning security automation across the software release lifecycle, covering development, CI/CD, staging, and production environments, to proactively detect, prevent, and remediate risks
• Integrating security best practices into core infrastructure components, including secrets management, least-privilege IAM, encrypted communication, and compliance readiness
• Partnering with engineering, platform, and security teams to embed DevSecOps principles, reduce security friction, and continuously raise the organization's security maturity

Benefits

• At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things.
• Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future.
• We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life: Your health Your finances Your family Your time at work Your time pursuing other endeavors
• Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees