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Architect
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
148 days ago
Salary
$126.1K - $261.9K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Architect
Akamai Technologies
• Enhance the security of Akamai's products by working closely with development teams to integrate security into the design and development of Akamai systems. • Collaborate with industry-leading security experts on a global team. • Perform security-focused design reviews of applications, systems, and networks. • Partner with development and infrastructure teams across the organization to assist with remediation of identified issues. • Work collaboratively with development teams on secure design and development choices. • Provide guidance and answer questions about security practices. • Contribute to documentation on security best practices, standards, and requirements. • Serve as a subject matter expert during incidents and remediation projects. • Identify the appropriate tools and processes to ensure that products meet security and compliance requirements.
Job Requirements
- Experience in security architecture in a large, global environment (identifying architectural security weaknesses at the application, OS, and network level)
- Experience with US government-related security and compliance requirements, guidelines, and tools such as FedRAMP, FIPS, NIST, STIG, and others.
- Current with the latest security technologies, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities.
- Know how to remediate common vulnerabilities and propose custom solutions based on application architecture and implementation.
- Demonstrate breadth of security knowledge across specialties such as cloud security, network security, cryptography, etc.
- Experience with threat modeling or hazard-analysis frameworks such as STAMP, STRIDE, etc.
Benefits
- Healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- Company holidays
- Vacation (in the form of PTO)
- Sick time
- Family friendly benefits including parental leave
- Employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
- Eligibility requirements apply
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