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Security Incident Responder II

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in a Customer Support role or similar
  • Basic understanding of how the internet works
  • Basic understanding of protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP and networking fundamentals
  • Ability to communicate in Fluent Japanese and Intermediate English

Responsibilities

  • Providing first line response to customer alerts and ensuring internal security teams are alerted
  • Using the central alert and graphing systems to monitor internal infrastructure and customer events
  • Responding to and routing of customer incident tickets to ensure assignment of tasks to internal teams
  • Mentoring and coaching the team to share skills and knowledge

Key facts

  • Remote from: Japan
  • Full time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • , Japanese, English

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Prioritization

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

Cloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryCloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)
Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

Are you excited by the prospect of learning about the latest cyber attacks?

Would you enjoy protecting the world's leading brands in a fast-paced environment?

Join our best-in-class global technical support team

Akamai's industry-leading Security Operations Command Center (SOCC) protects various enterprises. We hand hold our security customers against real-time cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism on daily basis. Partnering with other technical teams we detect and mitigate ongoing attacks, helping enterprises protect their online presence. We are the world leader in DDoS, web application and bot-based attack mitigation.

Respond to cyber attacks in real-time

As a Security Incident Responder, you'll engage in customer's network and Cyber Attack-related events. As frontline defense, you will own central alerting system, detecting and assessing the impact of attacks. The role will reside in an environment that is fast-paced with constant involvement in critical attack fighting

As a Security Incident Responder, you will be responsible for:

  • Providing first line response to customer alerts and ensuring internal security teams are alerted
  • Using the central alert and graphing systems to monitor internal infrastructure and customer events
  • Responding to and routing of customer incident tickets to ensure assignment of tasks to internal teams
  • Following workflow procedures of an operations center in a large global environment to ensure effective service delivery
  • Mentoring and coaching the team to share skills and knowledge.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have a significant experience in a Customer Support role or similar
  • Have basic understanding of how the internet works
  • Have basic understanding of protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP and networking fundamentals
  • Need to demonstrate an ability to analyze, prioritize and escalate customer incidents, engaging with appropriate stakeholders
  • Have the ability to engage and communicate with appropriate stakeholders and customers
  • Able to communicate verbal & written communication skills in Fluent Japanese and Intermediate English. Mandarin is a plus

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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