Security Architect II - DevOps / Layer7

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Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Akamai powers and protects life online by solving the toughest challenges and turning the impossible into the possible.
The Role
Detect, analyze, and mitigate real-time cyber attacks on web applications and APIs using Akamai platform. Advise customers and peers, devise mitigation strategies, prototype solutions, and apply Python, SQL, and statistical analysis for anomaly detection.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you excited by the prospect of detecting and mitigating the latest cyber attacks?

Would you enjoy protecting the world's leading brands in a fast-paced environment?

Work with industry leading technology

Our Team strives to be the most trusted support services partner and to keep our customers online businesses up and running. We utilize tools, process and knowledge to diagnose and resolve product, platform, and customer issues. Our team delivers managed services for both media and security to proactively maintain quality and protect our customers' online presence.

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.

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.

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Skills Required

  • 5+ years of experience and a High School or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Familiarity with Jupyter Notebooks, Streamlit, or Dash for rapid prototyping
  • Experience with REST APIs, parsing JSON, fetching scan data, Python, and SQL
  • Experience with Git and collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, GitHub) and clustering (especially for anomaly detection)
  • Expertise in Python, SQL, and foundational statistics (mean, median, mode, correlation)
  • Understanding of HTTP, TCP/IP, OWASP Top 10 and Layer 7 web security risks
  • Knowledge of common L7 preventive security techniques

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
10,285 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

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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