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

Would you enjoy analyzing systems for safety, security, and resilience issues?

Join our Information Security Team!

Akamai's Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. Akamai is seeking a Security Researcher II to join its Research and Review team.

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Research and Review is a team of architects and researchers that is part of Product Security. The team provides security review, testing, and advisory services throughout the SDLC to Akamai's engineering teams. Researchers work with architects and product/engineering teams to improve the security of Akamai's products and services.

As a Security Researcher, you will be responsible for:

• Analyzing systems for security and resilience issues. Proposing and helping develop solutions to address identified risks.

• Reviewing designs with more senior members of InfoSec staff to identify security-related risks.

• Supporting engineering team with the deployment of SDLC security automated testing tools (Web-application scanning, SAST tools, SCA or secret scanning).

• Aiding architects in product team engagements and in defining security-related general guidance for product/engineering teams.

• Identifying research opportunities. Making hypotheses, designing and carrying out experiments, drawing conclusions, and presenting results.

• Responding to security incidents as subject matter expert.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience with TLS, authentication and authorization, and common vulnerabilities.

• Have experience with Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), threat modelling, architecture/design review, risk assessment or code review.

• Understand how the Internet and its networks and protocols (IP, DNS, HTTP, TCP or web architecture) work.

• Be able to apply system thinking. Identify the key factors and reason for the system without needing all the low-level details.

• Be unafraid to try ideas and evaluate their effectiveness through hands-on experimentation.

• Be eager to know how and why things work, and how to improve them.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health

• Your finances

• Your family

• Your time at work

• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

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Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!