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Security Architect II

Akamai Remote USA Remote USA Full Time Posted Jun 24, 2026

Job Overview

com Are you excited by the prospect of detecting and mitigating the latest cyber attacks? Would you enjoy protecting the world's leading brands in a fast-paced environment?

Work with industry leading technology Our Team strives to be the most trusted support services partner and to keep our customers online businesses up and running.

Job Description

We utilize tools, process and knowledge to diagnose and resolve product, platform, and customer issues. Our team delivers managed services for both media and security to proactively maintain quality and protect our customers' online presence.

Respond to cyber attacks in real time As a Security Architect II in SOCC, advising on mitigating attacks for managed security clients. Protect critical web applications and APIs for enterprises, including banks and e-commerce.

Identify cyber threats using data, strategize mitigations, and deploy solutions. Ensure minimal impact on end users while addressing real-time security concerns.

Have experience with Git and collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, GitHub) and clustering (esp. for anomaly detection Demonstrate expertise in Python, SQL, and foundational statistics, including mean, median, mode, and correlation.

Understand protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, OWASP top 10, and their relation to internet security risks. Understand common attack preventive security techniques on L7 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.

Key Responsibilities

  • Would you enjoy protecting the world's leading brands in a fast-paced environment?
  • Work with industry leading technology Our Team strives to be the most trusted support services partner and to keep our customers online businesses up and running.
  • Our team delivers managed services for both media and security to proactively maintain quality and protect our customers' online presence.
  • Respond to cyber attacks in real time As a Security Architect II in SOCC, advising on mitigating attacks for managed security clients.
  • As a Security Architect II, you will be responsible for: Devising and engaging mitigation strategies to prevent real-time attacks, using Akamai products & platform Conducting advanced analysis to identify attacks and threats targeting digital properties, web applications, and APIs.
  • Providing consultation & attack mitigation strategies to customers or peer teams based on the analysis Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have +5 years of experience and a High School / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent Have familiarity with Jupyter Notebooks, Streamlit, or Dash for rapid prototyping Understand REST APIs, parse JSON, fetch scan data, utilize Python, and apply SQL effectively.
  • 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.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • We utilize tools, process and knowledge to diagnose and resolve product, platform, and customer issues.
  • Providing consultation & attack mitigation strategies to customers or peer teams based on the analysis Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have +5 years of experience and a High School / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent Have familiarity with Jupyter Notebooks, Streamlit, or Dash for rapid prototyping Understand REST APIs, parse JSON, fetch scan data, utilize Python, and apply SQL effectively.
  • Have experience with Git and collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, GitHub) and clustering (esp.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Benefits and Perks

  • Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.
  • See our benefits.

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Role Summary

Security Architect II at Akamai is a remote United States position and is listed as Full Time.

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