# Senior Network Engineer - DDoS

Do you have a passion for network engineering technologies? Are you looking for the freedom to innovate and help shape the next generation of the network? Join our Network Engineering team The Network Engineering team designs, automates, and supports the global network powering Akamai's products and services. Using advanced technologies, the team ensures optimal connectivity and performance for customers and the compute platform. Partner with the best As a Senior Network Engineer, you will lead efforts in designing, implementing, and automating Akamai's global network infrastructure. You will address complex issues in routing, data center fabrics, DDoS defense, and automation to ensure scalability, reliability, and security. This role involves driving the evolution of network infrastructure, from initial architecture through to implementation. As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for: Designing, building, and maintaining our global network infrastructure Designing and implementing automated detection and mitigation strategies for inbound and outbound DDoS attacks Developing and maintaining Akamai's core network configuration templates using Jinja2 Implementing new

- **Id**: 4038553
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/akamai-senior-network-engineer-ddos>
- **Role**: Networking
- **Role family**: Networking
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cambridge, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T15:37:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T21:30:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4866
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), CDN & Edge Delivery, Information Security, Web Security & DDoS Protection

## Company

- **Id**: 15228
- **Name**: Akamai
- **Domain**: akamai.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/akamai>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 35
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.543
- **Repost share**: 0.029
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 5
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 112500
- **Max**: 202500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 202500

## Technologies

- **Akamai** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T21:30:36Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 5
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T23:13:02Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 202500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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