Senior Security Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026. Akamai scores A on the Alion truth index.
Do you like building solutions to help improve the security of the company?
Do you want to collaborate with industry-leading security experts?
Join our Information Security Team!
Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will report directly to the Director of Security Engineering. You will have the opportunity to address global security challenges and make the Internet a safer place. which is powered by the scale of Akamai's platform and influence.
Partner with the best
As a Senior Security Engineer you will be assessing and mitigating the risk of doing business in today's hyper-connected world. . You will work directly with Akamai's IT and engineering organizations providing security design guidance for new and existing applications, systems and platforms.
As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Researching and staying current on adversarial techniques, emerging vulnerabilities, and related detection and response strategies.
- Conducting network, application and system security assessments to identify risks and provide mitigation strategies.
- Assisting with design and deployment of security risk mitigating controls.
- Performing compliance and policy-based investigations of internal systems.
- Documenting security guidelines, procedures, and policies with a particular emphasis on NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171.
- Providing security guidance and consultation to Akamai business units.
- Leveraging emerging AI capabilities to enhance new and existing processes and automation
- Developing scripts and tools to support the above functions.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
- Have proven experience with network security analysis or intrusion management
- Show experience with malware and vulnerability identification and mitigation
- Have experience identifying software and application compromises and vulnerabilities
- Have experience with the secure deployment and usage of infrastructure-as-a-service
- Demonstrate experience working in a FedRAMP and/or CMMC certified environment
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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Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $112,500 - $202,500/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.