Security Engineer

Akka’s platform for agentic AI systems simplifies building new classes of applications, enabled by AI – based on our experience of building distributed systems.

Job Description Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to join our team. You will help architect, implement, and maintain security solutions that safeguard our systems, applications, and data. You’ll partner closely with development, operations, and product teams to build secure services from the ground up, detect and respond to threats, and continuously improve our security posture.

Responsibilities

• Review existing security infrastructure, identify critical systems and data flows, and understand current compliance requirements.
• Conduct AI threat modelling and improve our adversarial robustness
• Maintain CNAPP solution to manage and secure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes deployments, and applications. Establish policies and alerting mechanisms within the CNAPP.
• Develop plans to integrate telemetry data and configure processing for use in security analysis.
• Utilize SIEM platform. Optimize the existing SIEM, ensuring data integrity and compliance.
• Integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle. Implement measures to secure the software supply chain and develop secure development policies.
• Create and implement security policies as code to automate and enforce security controls.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities for collecting evidence required for compliance.
• Analyze findings and implement improvements to the organization's security posture, remediating vulnerabilities and deploying additional security controls.
• Create comprehensive documentation for all configurations, processes, and procedures. Provide training and knowledge sharing with other team members.

Qualifications

• CISSP, OSCP, AWS Security Specialty, or GCP Cloud Security preferred
• AWS/Azure/GCP security services; Kubernetes hardening
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles and practices
• Familiarity with modern security tools and methodologies
• Versatile with AI, but not reliant on it
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The team is distributed, which means that a very high degree of both autonomy and teamwork skills are required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Akka encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. No one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to your application.

Location

This is a remote position where the candidate should be located in the United States or Canada.

What We Offer

Akka is a welcoming, transparent, and highly distributed company dedicated to creating high-performance distributed systems that bring success to all who use them. With a strong focus on work-life balance, our company offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment mixed with challenging and engaging work. This combination has attracted and retained some of the brightest minds in our technology communities. 

 

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
• Remote-first, flexible work environment.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• Collaborative, inclusive, and innovative company culture.

Our Core Values:

• We’re Authentic: We value transparency and genuine communication, without politics or games. We're honest and assume good intentions, cultivating trust and accountability within our organization and in our interactions with others outside of Akka.
• We’re Customer-Focused: We value customer outcomes above all else. By prioritizing our customers' interests, and meeting them where they are today, we help ensure their success. We are dedicated to deeply understanding our customer’s needs, anticipating challenges, navigating time constraints and striving to exceed expectations.
• We’re Nonconventional: We value fearless innovation by challenging the status quo and embracing alternative approaches. Continuous learning and a growth mindset aimed at improving ourselves, our company, and our products, drives us to push boundaries and explore new solutions. Guided by a bias for action, we leverage industry and customer insights to inspire fresh ideas, enabling optimal future offerings.
• We’re Persistent: We value excellence through continuous experimentation and courageous problem-solving. We recognize that achieving success often demands approaching challenges with tenacity and taking calculated risks to achieve leading-edge solutions.

Akka is an Equal Opportunity Employer.