Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Senior Enterprise (Security) Architect - APJ
Fastly’s Enterprise Architect team is responsible for providing security insights, technical recommendations and knowledge throughout the prospecting and presales stages of the sales process. Partnering with Sales Engineers, Account Management and Channels, representing Fastly’s security services internally and externally, helping Fastly to win new business and grow Fastly’s Security Business across the globe.
Fastly is looking for an Application Security Security subject matter expert to join our APJ team leading efforts to drive Fastly Security Sales, effectively communicating Fastly’s Security Services to our largest, most complex customers and use cases across Japan and Asia Pacific region.
As an Enterprise (Security) Architect you will be key in efforts to level up our customers, local sales and sales engineering teams on Fastly’s security portfolio, competitive displacement and the wider threat landscape. You will act as a pre-sales escalation resource and provide your expertise to eliminate technical blockers. You will be a key technical leader APJ-wide providing thought leadership with customer engagements and events.
What You'll Do:
Sales
- This is a highly visible client facing role; as Fastly’s trusted security advisor, you will lead local teams in winning net new security business
- Help to build best practices with regards to proof of concepts (PoC), product demonstrations and other customer facing activities.
Product
- Help establish and maintain a feedback loop to Fastly’s Security Product team(s), ensuring that product features are prioritised and that the voice of the customer is heard.
- Ensure that the local teams are aware of new Security features and their associated use cases and that proof of value exercises are implemented using best practices.
- Improve competitive analysis and displacement techniques for competing security solutions in the region.
Enablement
- Ensure Sales and Sales Engineering are kept up to date on Fastly Security offerings through running internal demonstrations, presentations and Q&A sessions.
- Help teams stay up to date on competitive events and services.
Thought Leadership
- Become a Fastly Security thought leader through compelling
- Speaking Engagements
- C-level customer engagements
- Architectural workshops
- Blogs and Whitepapers
What We're Looking For:
- Seasoned security expert (8+ years) with strong hands-on experience in these technologies:
- Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- DDoS Mitigation
- Bot Management
- API Security
- Highly familiar with Content Delivery and Edge Platforms
- Strong understanding of the Security ecosystem with familiarity of SIEM platforms.
- Excellent communication and speaking skills
- Ability to act with little to no supervision
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Proven record of experience or certifications around DevOps tools and processes
Work Hours:
- This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
This position is open to the following preferred office locations:
- Tokyo, Japan
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet your needs. Our offerings may vary depending on the country where you work and are subject to change.
Why Fastly?
We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [email protected] or 501-287-4901.
Fastly collects and processes personal data submitted by job applicants in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please see our privacy notice for job applicants.
Similar Jobs
What We Do
Get more powerful websites and applications with Fastly’s edge cloud platform. We help places like Shopify, the NYT, and Stripe do so every day.
