Security Engineer Senior - Remote

Are you excited the prospect of working with innovative security products?

Are you a security geek who enjoys identifying vulnerabilities?

Join our InfoSec ThreatOps & Vulnerability Management team!

Akamai's InfoSec Team safeguards infrastructure and advocates for security practices. They work with product teams to ensure systems meet safety and security compliance.

Partner with the best

In this role, you'll enhance the security of Akamai's products by identifying and helping to remediate vulnerabilities. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with industry-leading security experts as part of a global team.

As a Security Engineer Senior, you will be responsible for:

• Improving and automating the vulnerability management lifecycle.
• Providing support for scanning, vulnerability remediation, and leading related projects.
• Analyzing and prioritizing vulnerabilities while recommending effective mitigation strategies.
• Identifying and assessing vulnerabilities specific to Akamai's environment, implementing mitigating controls.
• Ensuring scan results are accurately presented in dashboards, reports, and integrated systems.
• Integrating security tools, standards, and processes into the vulnerability management lifecycle.
• Driving actionable metrics and transparent reporting for operational and leadership insights.
• Utilizing automation and scripting to support scalable vulnerability management operations.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have understanding of cyber security and vulnerability related concepts like CVE, CVSS, etc
• Have the ability to work with vendors for implementing new configurations and troubleshooting issues on scanning utilities.
• Have knowledge of servers, virtual machines, operating systems, cloud, databases and networking protocols.
• Have the ability to drive, innovate and be accountable for a given task to completion effectively as a team player

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!