Akamai Technologies
Senior Security Engineer
Remote Information Security Engineer role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJul 11, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Senior Security Engineer
Requirements and responsibilities
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- Researching and staying current on adversarial techniques, emerging vulnerabilities, and related detection and response strategies.
- Conducting network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and provide mitigation strategies.
- Assisting with design and deployment of security risk mitigating controls.
- Performing compliance and policy-based investigations of internal systems.
- Documenting security guidelines, procedures, and policies with a particular emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
- Providing security guidance and consultation to Akamai business units.
- Leveraging emerging AI capabilities to enhance new and existing processes and automation
- Developing scripts and tools to support the above functions.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
- Have proven experience with network security analysis or intrusion management
- Show experience with malware and vulnerability identification and mitigation
- Have experience identifying software and application compromises and vulnerabilities
- Have experience with the secure deployment and usage of infrastructure-as-a-service
- Demonstrate experience working in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment
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