Are you excited to work with innovative security products?
Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge network security systems?
Join our world-class Zero Trust Security Team
Our Team builds and delivers 'zero trust security solutions' for enterprise customers. Our mission is to provide Micro Segmentation and Threat protection solutions. We provide the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. We enable customers to proactively identify, block, and mitigate threats in their network.
Partner with the best
As an SDET II, you'll help to build Akamai's Zero Trust platform into a worldwide leader. You'll be crucial to the development of best-in-class security features. Leveraging your knowledge in multi-cloud and distributed environments, you'll make a global impact on Enterprises
As a Software Development Engineer in Test II, you will be responsible for:
- Building test strategy and automation for products of Next generation Micro segmentation and threat protection solutions
- Taking ownership for test execution, test automation, identify and bring in tools to assist the testing goal
- Collaborating with engineering teams in an Agile environment on code, design, test plan and automation framework review
- Working closely with development team to enhance new releases, testing process
- Coordinating and participating in customer installs, demos to team
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Hold qualifications in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or possess equivalent practical experience in these domains.
- 3+ years of experience in software testing / QA automation, with at least 2 years testing applications on AWS
- Demonstrate expertise in Python programming, utilizing pytest (or unittest), requests, and Boto3 for effective software development and testing.
- Utilize AWS CloudFormation for templates in YAML/JSON, managing stacks, change sets, and implementing nested stack configurations effectively.
- Demonstrate expertise in AWS services: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and one container solution such as EKS or ECS.
- Test REST APIs using tools like Postman, pytest with requests, or comparable solutions for effective functionality and reliability evaluation.
- Work efficiently within Linux environments while creating and executing shell scripts accurately and effectively.
- Demonstrate expertise in software testing lifecycle, test design methods, and defect tracking tools like Jira or equivalent platforms.
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.
Skills Required
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- At least 3 years of software testing or QA automation experience
- At least 2 years testing applications on AWS
- Expertise in Python programming
- Experience with pytest or unittest, requests, and Boto3
- Experience with AWS CloudFormation templates using YAML or JSON, including stacks, change sets, and nested stacks
- Expertise with AWS EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and EKS or ECS
- Experience testing REST APIs with Postman, pytest with requests, or comparable tools
- Ability to work in Linux environments and create shell scripts
- Knowledge of software testing lifecycle and test design methods
- Experience with Jira or equivalent defect tracking tools
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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