Security Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 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 Security 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 our enterprise customers
As a Security Architect, you will turn compliance guidelines into business requirements,technical specs and frameworks. You will learn how Akamai's web-scale systems work and how we meet our security obligations.
As a Security Architect II, you will be responsible for:
- Owning the technical aspects of integration (configuration, debugging, documentation, testing, go-live) of our Security Solutions
- Analyzing customer traffic as well as systems and customizing Akamai security solutions to answer customers' security issues
- Collaborating with a cross-functional project team to scope, set timelines, create technical solutions, and support the implementation
- Participating in ongoing training initiatives to be up-skill yourself and train others
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have experience in Web security deployment or in supporting Security solutions at an IT vendor
- Have experience with customer-facing communication
- Demonstrate the ability to work proactively, with a sense of urgency and a constant desire to learn
- Have excellent communication and collaboration skills and be an accountable member of the team
- Be fluent in Japanese and speak business level 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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