Job description

Do you want an opportunity to lead an amazing team of information security professionals?

Would working with cutting-edge security and cloud products excite you?

Join our Information Security team!

Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. We are seeking a Director of Information Security to join our Security Engineering group to lead a team of security engineers as they work to help secure Akamai's global platforms and infrastructure.

Shape Internet security

Security Engineering works closely with Akamai's engineering teams throughout the company to help design and implement security controls that help keep Akamai, its employees and its customers safe. As a Director, you will be responsible for managing a global team of security engineers, defining our strategy for how we engage with other engineering organizations, and driving strategic projects.

As a Director Information Security, you will be responsible for:

Defining and owning the security strategy for engaging with various platform engineering teams across the organization
Developing trusted relationships with leaders and program management teams to understand their roadmaps
Executing on roadmap for delivering security controls
Helping identify and execute on opportunities to reduce information security risk
Partnering with compliance stakeholders to help maintain Akamai's myriad compliance certifications
Supporting subject matter experts in communicating security requirements and strategy across the organization
Providing strategic leadership on the internal adoption of Akamai's commercial security product offerings

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have relevant experience and a Bachelor diploma or its equivalent
Have experience partnering with engineering orgs to integrate security into both commercial off the shelf as well as bespoke internally developed platforms and services
Have a proven track record in managing a technical team
Understand security fundamentals and the role of security in the delivery of cloud platforms and services
Collaborate with engineers, architects, etc. to contribute to the security of Akamai's systems
Use your technical background in internet-, security-, and cryptographic protocols to guide your team
Possess the ability to build partnerships with and communicate issues to senior technical leaders and business stakeholders.

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.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.