Security Architect II

Respond to cyber attacks in real time

As a Security Architect II in SOCC, advising on mitigating attacks for managed security clients. Protect critical web applications and APIs for enterprises, including banks and e-commerce. Identify cyber threats using data, strategize mitigations, and deploy solutions. Ensure minimal impact on end users while addressing real-time security concerns.

As a Security Architect II, you will be responsible for

• Devising and engaging mitigation strategies to prevent real-time attacks, using Akamai products & platform
• Conducting advanced analysis to identify attacks and threats targeting digital properties, web applications, and APIs.
• Providing consultation & attack mitigation strategies to customers or peer teams based on the analysis

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will

• Have +5 years of experience and a High School / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Have familiarity with Jupyter Notebooks, Streamlit, or Dash for rapid prototyping
• Understand REST APIs, parse JSON, fetch scan data, utilize Python, and apply SQL effectively.
• Have experience with Git and collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, GitHub) and clustering (esp. for anomaly detection
• Demonstrate expertise in Python, SQL, and foundational statistics, including mean, median, mode, and correlation.
• Understand protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, OWASP top 10, and their relation to internet security risks.
• Understand common attack preventive security techniques on L7

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.

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