Security Architect

Would you enjoy working with cutting-edge web security systems?

Do you seek hands-on learning experiences on Web Security with a growing global team?

Join our Security Team

Our Team provides managed services and proactive and reactive support to our global customers. We utilize tools, process, and knowledge to integrate and maintain Akamai security, media, and performance solutions for our clients. We collaborate to solve problems, innovate to provide creative solutions and work to continuously improve for our customers and our team.

Partner with our enterprise customers

As a Data Security Architect, you will turn compliance guidelines into business requirements, tech specs and frameworks for use by internal teams and external assessors. Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, you'll learn how Akamai's web-scale systems work and guide the company to efficiently meet our security obligations.

As a Data Security Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Identifying and designing solutions to protect data at Akamai
• Defining requirements around data protection including classifications, policies, and data handling standards
• Ensuring that solutions are functioning correctly, effective, and recommending adjustments to policies and procedures to improve controls.
• Collaborating with cross-functional team to set timelines, create technical solutions, support the ongoing implementation of the project
• Participating in ongoing training initiatives to develop your skills

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience in data protection, encryption, DLP, and be very familiar with both structured and unstructured data sources
• Demonstrate the ability to work proactively, with a sense of urgency and a constant desire to learn
• Have good communication and collaboration skills and be an accountable member of the team

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!