Security Architect ll - Remote

Would working with cutting-edge security products excite you?

Would you enjoy consulting on defending against real-time security attacks?

Join our prestigious Professional Services team

Our Professional Services team helps protect some of the largest and most well-known organizations around the world. Supporting our security and enterprise products, we work as part of a team to deliver consultative services. We configure optimized solutions for the unique requirements of every customer.

Partner with our enterprise customers

Working as a trusted advisor with customers you'll deliver the appropriate solutions to respond to a variety of security challenges. Operating across the full product life cycle, you will respond to customer pain-points, creating and implementing solutions to deploy to our platform and problem-solve a huge variety of real-time attacks.

As a Security Architect ll, you will be responsible for

• Owning the technical aspects of integration and support configuration, debugging, documenting, testing, and go-live, and mitigating risks
• Being a proactive technical consultant for our customers, delivering value with every engagement
• Collaborating with cross-functional project teams to scope, set timelines, create technical solutions, and support implementations of projects
• Analyzing customer traffic and customizing Akamai security solutions to mitigate potential threats and vulnerabilities
• Participating in ongoing training initiatives to up-skill yourself and train others

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or its equivalent
• Understand how the internet and it's networks and protocols work (IP, DNS and routing, HTTP, TCP or web architecture)
• Demonstrate knowledge of application security, such as Security event management, Real Time Traffic Analysis or Security Compliance
• Have an understanding of full development life cycle
• Demonstrate the ability to work proactively and quickly, with a desire to learn and problem solving
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills to while being an accountable member of the team

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

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.

About us

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.

Join us

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!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

Akamai is committed to complying with COVID-19 requirements in the countries where it operates. For locations or roles subject to vaccination mandates, we require proof of vaccination, if permitted, as a condition of employment. We will provide additional details regarding our vaccine record submission protocols during the hiring and onboarding process.

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