Are you excited to improve the security of systems that power life online for billions of users?
Are you a security architect who enjoys working with developers to help organizations stay safe?
Join our Information Security Team!
Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. We are looking for a Security Architect to join our Product Security team. You will have the opportunity to make the Internet a safer place, powered by the scale of Akamai's platform and influence.
Shape Internet Security
In this role, you will enhance the security of Akamai's products by working closely with development teams to integrate security into the design and development of Akamai systems. AI is changing how we, and our customers, work, and we're excited about it. You'll have room to work with new AI tools, sharpen your skill set, and help drive our strategy.
As an Architect, you will be responsible for:
- Performing security-focused design reviews of applications, systems and networks across a wide range of products, including security, CDN and cloud computing.
- Partnering with development and infrastructure teams across the organization to assist with remediation of identified issues.
- Working collaboratively with product development teams on secure design and development choices.
- Providing guidance and answering questions about security practices.
- Serving as a subject matter expert during incidents and remediation projects.
- Identifying the appropriate tools and processes for ensuring that products are meeting security and compliance requirements.
- Integrating responsible use of AI into your workflow and ensuring that the company's use both internally and its products, are secured.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have experience in security architecture in a large, global environment (identifying architectural security weaknesses at the application, OS, and network level)
- Be current with the latest security technologies, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities.
- Know how to remediate common vulnerabilities and be able to propose custom solutions based on application architecture and implementation.
- Demonstrate breadth of security knowledge across specialties such as cloud security, network security, cryptography, etc.
- Have experience with threat modeling or hazard-analysis frameworks such as STAMP, STRIDE, etc.
- Be able to communicate and collaborate well with a worldwide team, including being able to describe complex security terms to non-technical audiences.
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.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $146,400 - $263,600/year; a candidate’s salary 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 incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, 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.
Skills Required
- Experience in security architecture within a large, global environment
- Ability to identify architectural security weaknesses at the application, operating system, and network levels
- Current knowledge of security technologies, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities
- Ability to remediate common vulnerabilities and propose custom solutions based on application architecture and implementation
- Broad security knowledge spanning cloud security, network security, cryptography, and related specialties
- Experience with threat modeling or hazard-analysis frameworks such as STAMP or STRIDE
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with global teams
- Ability to explain complex security concepts to nontechnical audiences
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
Akamai Technologies Insights
What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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