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Associate Security Architect (Night Shift)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years relevant industry experience on Akamai Platform OR networking OR Web application Security
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how the internet works, including DNS, HTTP, Suite of IP Protocols
  • Show knowledge of common OWASP top 10 and how they relate to internet services compromise or attacks
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and excellent collaboration teamwork

Responsibilities

  • Devising and engaging mitigation strategies to prevent real-time attacks, using Akamai products platform
  • Performing advanced analysis to identify attacks and threats to customer's digital properties and/or their business network
  • Communicating with customers regarding challenges and providing updates and results on your mitigation and analysis
  • Innovating around tooling development and product enhancement

Key facts

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Teamwork

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 detecting and mitigating
the latest cyber attacks?

Do you enjoy safeguarding top global brands in a dynamic and engaging learning environment?

Join our world class Security Operations Command Center

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 an Associate Security Architect, you'll engage in critical network and attack-related events for Akamai's managed security customers. Help identify real time cyber-attacks, strategize & deploy mitigations while neutralizing adverse impact to the end users.

As an Associate Security Architect Associate, you will be responsible for:

  • Devising and engaging mitigation strategies to prevent real time attacks, using Akamai products & platform
  • Performing advanced analysis to identify attacks and threats to customer's digital properties and/or their business network
  • Communicating with customers regarding challenges and providing updates and results on your mitigation and analysis
  • Innovating around tooling development & product enhancement.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Need to have 1-3 years relevant industry experience on Akamai Platform OR networking OR Web application Security
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how the internet works, including, DNS. HTTP, Suite of IP Protocols
  • Show knowledge of common OWASP top 10 and how they relate to internet services compromise or attacks
  • Need to demonstrate excellent verbal & written communication skills and excellent collaboration &
    team work.

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

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