Senior Security Architect
Company Name:
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
About the Job
We are looking for an innovation-driven and motivated senior security architect to provide expertise on a number of new project initiatives within the Emerging Products business unit. The candidate will interact with several groups of development, test, product management and customer-facing teams to define and design the security needs of projects. The candidate will also have close working interactions with security teams and experts across the company to validate designs and ensure compliance with security policies.
About the Team
You will be an integral part of a highly skilled team of engineers responsible for the design and development of Akamai's next-generation networking product line. The team works on new and emerging products in an innovation centric, fast pace and collaborative environment. Share in the experience and breadth of knowledge that can only come from managing one of the largest global deployment of servers in the industry. Akamai's team of engineers have time and again developed unique solutions to complex problems and routinely surpass fundamental limitations of traditional networking. Help Akamai continue changing the rules of the game and challenging traditional thinking in a rapidly evolving and very exciting market.
Responsibilities
Architect and design security aspects of several new and emerging products in networking, WAN, traffic acceleration and mobile services.
Investigate security vulnerabilities and compliance of new and existing products and collaborate to define solutions, resolve the vulnerabilities, conduct security reviews and get product security clearance from security review boards.
Collaborate with several engineering teams to define the security aspects of emerging products.
Interact with security architects and teams across the company to ensure proper implementation of company security policies within the emerging products.
Work with product management and customer-facing teams to determine and prioritize requirements.
Provide technical leadership across engineering to ensure product development is smooth, evolving design as needed.
Basic Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field.
Minimum 10 years of industry experience and Minimum 4 years experience working on security architecture and design for products.
Minimum 3 years' experience in technologies, processes, and concepts such as symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, IPSec, TLS, Authentication and Authorization.
5 years' experience with security aspects of Cloud-Based SaaS products.
5 years' experience applying of application attacks and defenses.
Desired Qualifications
Ability to build consensus across business and technical groups.
Experience with industry standard authentication and authorization approaches like SAML and OAuth.
Experience with design and development of scalable, mission critical or high-availability systems.
Expertise in security related Internet protocols such as IPSec, SSL/TLS and familiarity with common Internet protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, RTP, DNS, HTTP, SIP.
Fluent and familiar with all phases of product life cycle from definition, design, development and test to deployment, field support and end of life.
Creative and innovation-driven mindset.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Successful completion of security challenges or CTFs such as those on , OWASP's Web Goat, or Google's Gruyere.
Some knowledge of Systems-Theoretic Accident Modeling and Processes (STAMP)
Deep understanding and experience with networking technologies from the link layer to the application layer.
Experience with network systems in an enterprise environment, Application Acceleration or WAN Optimization space.
Broad understanding of systems and application technologies.
Experience in software development and systems-level programming in C, C+
or Java.
Other Information
Is relocation available for this position: No
Is US Citizenship required: No
Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the company's solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform(TM) providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
Contact us!
If you're excited by Akamai and would like to help change the online landscape please apply. No time to apply? Join our Talent Community.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. EEO is the Law
Dice Code - J2W:Dice
PPC/SEM Code - J2W:PRM
LinkedIn Code - J2W:LI
LI-MK1
Date: 2014-06-30
Country: US
State: MA
City: Cambridge
Category: EngineeringEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
About the Job
We are looking for an innovation-driven and motivated senior security architect to provide expertise on a number of new project initiatives within the Emerging Products business unit. The candidate will interact with several groups of development, test, product management and customer-facing teams to define and design the security needs of projects. The candidate will also have close working interactions with security teams and experts across the company to validate designs and ensure compliance with security policies.
About the Team
You will be an integral part of a highly skilled team of engineers responsible for the design and development of Akamai's next-generation networking product line. The team works on new and emerging products in an innovation centric, fast pace and collaborative environment. Share in the experience and breadth of knowledge that can only come from managing one of the largest global deployment of servers in the industry. Akamai's team of engineers have time and again developed unique solutions to complex problems and routinely surpass fundamental limitations of traditional networking. Help Akamai continue changing the rules of the game and challenging traditional thinking in a rapidly evolving and very exciting market.
Responsibilities
Architect and design security aspects of several new and emerging products in networking, WAN, traffic acceleration and mobile services.
Investigate security vulnerabilities and compliance of new and existing products and collaborate to define solutions, resolve the vulnerabilities, conduct security reviews and get product security clearance from security review boards.
Collaborate with several engineering teams to define the security aspects of emerging products.
Interact with security architects and teams across the company to ensure proper implementation of company security policies within the emerging products.
Work with product management and customer-facing teams to determine and prioritize requirements.
Provide technical leadership across engineering to ensure product development is smooth, evolving design as needed.
Basic Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field.
Minimum 10 years of industry experience and Minimum 4 years experience working on security architecture and design for products.
Minimum 3 years' experience in technologies, processes, and concepts such as symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, IPSec, TLS, Authentication and Authorization.
5 years' experience with security aspects of Cloud-Based SaaS products.
5 years' experience applying of application attacks and defenses.
Desired Qualifications
Ability to build consensus across business and technical groups.
Experience with industry standard authentication and authorization approaches like SAML and OAuth.
Experience with design and development of scalable, mission critical or high-availability systems.
Expertise in security related Internet protocols such as IPSec, SSL/TLS and familiarity with common Internet protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, RTP, DNS, HTTP, SIP.
Fluent and familiar with all phases of product life cycle from definition, design, development and test to deployment, field support and end of life.
Creative and innovation-driven mindset.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Successful completion of security challenges or CTFs such as those on , OWASP's Web Goat, or Google's Gruyere.
Some knowledge of Systems-Theoretic Accident Modeling and Processes (STAMP)
Deep understanding and experience with networking technologies from the link layer to the application layer.
Experience with network systems in an enterprise environment, Application Acceleration or WAN Optimization space.
Broad understanding of systems and application technologies.
Experience in software development and systems-level programming in C, C+
or Java.
Other Information
Is relocation available for this position: No
Is US Citizenship required: No
Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the company's solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform(TM) providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
Contact us!
If you're excited by Akamai and would like to help change the online landscape please apply. No time to apply? Join our Talent Community.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. EEO is the Law
Dice Code - J2W:Dice
PPC/SEM Code - J2W:PRM
LinkedIn Code - J2W:LI
LI-MK1
Date: 2014-06-30
Country: US
State: MA
City: Cambridge
Category: EngineeringEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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