Network Provisioning Engineer / Security Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026. Akamai scores A on the Alion truth index.
Would you enjoy working with cutting-edge web security systems?
Would providing consultancy to defend against security attacks excite you?
Join our Professional Services 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 the best
As part of our team, you will be responsible for the delivery of our security solutions. You will take care of the integration and traffic analysis. You will be creating innovative solutions for our global based customers.
As a Network Provisioning Engineer / Security Architect, you will be responsible for:
- Owning the technical aspects of integration (configuration, debugging, documentation, testing, go-live) of our Security Solutions
- Analysing customer traffic as well as systems and customising Akamai security solutions to answer customers' security issues
- BGP FlowSpec, ACL design, traffic baseline profiling, GRE/IPsec tunneling, and network topology analysis
- Ensuring our anti DDOS solutions are configured and provisioned correctly for our customers
- Collaborating with cross-functional project team to scope, set timelines, create technical solutions, and support the ongoing implementation
- Participating in ongoing training initiatives to develop your skills
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have experience with Internet technologies including TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, DNS and web servers
- Show experience managing and troubleshooting Cisco and Juniper routers and switches
- Have experience with network protocols such as GRE/BGP
- Demonstrate experience in a customer-facing role and an understanding of the consulting process to ensure customer success
- Show proactivity and work with a sense of urgency combined with constant desire to learn
- Have excellent communication and collaboration skills and be an accountable member of the team
- Demonstrate written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating complex technical content in English
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether 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.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At 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.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
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