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We utilize tools, process and knowledge to diagnose and resolve product, platform, and customer issues. Our team delivers managed services for both media and security to proactively maintain quality and protect our customers' online presence.\nRespond to cyber attacks in real time\nAs an Associate Security Architect in the SOCC, you'll address crucial network and threat-related incidents. You will manage our central alerting system, identifying and reducing the effects of security breaches. Your dedicated assistance to customers shapes their future and contributes significantly to Akamai's success.\nAs an Associate Security Architect, you will be responsible for:\nEngaging in mitigation techniques to prevent vector attacks\nPerforming advanced packet analysis to identify attacks and threats to our network\nManaging and documenting technical issues, responses and requests to ensure information is recorded and updated\nProviding support to customers to remedy and resolve network and connectivity issues\nCommunicating with customers regarding challenges and providing updates and results on your mitigation and analysis\nDo what you love\nTo be successful in this role you will:\nHave a High School / Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, another related field or its equivalent\nDemonstrate knowledge of how the internet works, including, DNS. HTTP, Suite of IP Protocols\nShow excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to update internal documentation\nHave passion and ability to learn new tools and technologies and problem solve\nShow knowledge of common OWASP top 10 and how they relate to internet services compromise or attacks\nDemonstrate excellent collaboration and team working skills\nAbout us\nAt Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.\nWhether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.\nOur focus is simple:\nCloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.\nSecurity: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.\nContent Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.\nAI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.\nAt Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.\nBenefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. 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It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.\nWe trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.\nConnect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!","description_format":"text","description_chars":3685,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","CDN"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T00:40:44Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":3,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/akamai-associate-security-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/akamai-associate-security-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T16:02:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}