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Security Architect
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Required Education and Experience
Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
* 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in in computer science, operations research, or related field OR
* 6 years plus a Master’s Degree OR
* 3 years plus a PhD
Desired Skills
* Must have deep knowledge/experience encompassing two of the following, and aptitude in the third:
* A strong work ethic and a positive attitude
* Excellent technical aptitude and a desire to learn constantly
Not required, but great if you have:
* Experience with industry compliance and security standards including one or more of the following: PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NIST/DoD frameworks, HITECH, FedRAMP
* Experience communicating technical, non-technical (e.g. legal, compliance, regulatory) and security requirements to engineering teams, standards bodies, and/or non-technical authorities
* Experience with complex distributed systems, especially Akamai products
* Experience improving the security practices within an engineering organization
* Familiarity with the software development process
* Comfort reading code in one or more languages (e.g. Visual Basic, C/C++, Java, Python, command shells, batch files, SQL)
* Familiar with fundamental Internet protocols, such as TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, SSH, DNS
Other Information
Some examples of non-traditional backgrounds that we believe would be successful in this role:
Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
* 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in in computer science, operations research, or related field OR
* 6 years plus a Master’s Degree OR
* 3 years plus a PhD
Desired Skills
* Must have deep knowledge/experience encompassing two of the following, and aptitude in the third:
- Design: Design or analyze applications and/or systems
- Security: Identify and explain application and system security risks; propose and guide solutions
- Compliance: Translate compliance requirements to business requirements, identify non-compliant solutions, and guide remediation
* A strong work ethic and a positive attitude
* Excellent technical aptitude and a desire to learn constantly
Not required, but great if you have:
* Experience with industry compliance and security standards including one or more of the following: PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NIST/DoD frameworks, HITECH, FedRAMP
* Experience communicating technical, non-technical (e.g. legal, compliance, regulatory) and security requirements to engineering teams, standards bodies, and/or non-technical authorities
* Experience with complex distributed systems, especially Akamai products
* Experience improving the security practices within an engineering organization
* Familiarity with the software development process
* Comfort reading code in one or more languages (e.g. Visual Basic, C/C++, Java, Python, command shells, batch files, SQL)
* Familiar with fundamental Internet protocols, such as TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, SSH, DNS
Other Information
Some examples of non-traditional backgrounds that we believe would be successful in this role:
- Security Engineer or Systems Analyst
- Expert Manual Penetration Tester
- Emergency Management, Crisis Planning