Akamai Technologies
Website:
akamai.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet
Job details:
Job Description
Are you excited to identify new vulnerabilities or design secure systems?
Do you enjoy collaborating with developers, engineers, and architects, impacting products touching life online for billions of users?
Join Our ZeroTrust Security Team
The team works within the ZeroTrust Security Group, creating and supporting advanced security solutions for Akamai enterprise customers. Collaborating with Development, Product, Support, and Sales Engineering teams, the focus is on delivering secure, high-quality products. Efforts aim to strengthen product security features and provide comprehensive protection for customers.
Shape Internet Security
This role involves guiding a team to enhance products for secured organizations, focusing on FedRAMP and similar standards. Responsibilities include coordinating with diverse teams to integrate security measures into enterprise application design and development. The position encompasses design, development, leadership, and collaboration within a global team environment.
As a Principal Software Engineer Lead, you will be responsible for:
- Designing and implementing secure network solutions for products, collaborating with stakeholders to transform requirements into functional designs.
- Establishing and upholding security standards, procedures, and guidelines consistently applied across the entire product portfolio.
- Assessing and recommending network and security technologies aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborating with audit, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing teams to prioritize and address identified findings effectively.
- Identifying network and security risks in existing architecture and implementation, while ensuring appropriate solutions are effectively implemented.
- Reviewing code in C, C++, Python, and Go while establishing standards and processes to enhance secure-coding quality effectively.
- Guiding and mentoring a team of engineers delivering innovative user access solutions while staying updated on networking, security, and cloud advancements.
- Keeping up with the latest trends and advancements in networking, security, and cloud technologies while ensuring continuous professional development.
Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 12+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Demonstrate expertise in networking protocolsTCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and VLANswith proven experience designing and deploying secure network infrastructures.
- Demonstrate expertise in VPN software, virtual appliances, hypervisors, cloud platforms, and identity and access management protocols and tools.
- Demonstrate expertise in security standards, frameworks, and best practices, with familiarity in NIST standards and FedRAMP compliance knowledge.
- Demonstrate proficiency in programming languages like C, C++, Python, or Go, focusing on implementing and adhering to secure coding practices.
- Demonstrate knowledge of developing on-premises and cloud-based appliances while addressing associated security challenges effectively.
- Solve intricate network and security challenges with expertise while utilizing analytical skills to effectively address and resolve technical issues.
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills while adapting to changing priorities and collaborating effectively across diverse teams.
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.
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. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
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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