Threat Researcher- Hybrid

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Are you excited about shaping Akamai's Enterprise Security Strategy?

Neosec is reinventing application security!

Neosec (now Akamai) is changing how web APIs are protected and monitored. Its pioneering SaaS platform gives security professionals visibility into behavior across their entire API estate. Built for organizations that expose APIs to partners, suppliers, and users. Neosec discovers all your APIs, analyzes their behavior, and stops threats lurking inside.

Join NeoSec Reaserch Team!

We are looking for a Threat Researcher to become an API specialist. You will collaborate with customers and other researchers in a dynamic environment. Your role includes investigation of suspicious activity, proactive threat hunting,

In this role you will be:

• Analyzing API traffic to hunt vulnerabilities and abuses in real customers' environments.
• Researching and discovering new attack vectors in API of common products.
• Collaborateing and engage with customers to identify or communicate breaches, vulnerabilities, and misuse of APIs
• Identifying and offering solutions to gaps in current capabilities and security posture

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• +2 years of experience in cybersecurity (pentesting/ SOC analyst/ threat hunting)
• Have practical knowledge of application security products such as WAF and bot detection
• Have deep familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 framework
• Have great verbal and written communication skills
• Have proficiency in SQL, and familiarity with Python

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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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!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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