Are you passionate about detecting and responding to real-world threats in a complex security landscape?

　　Are you a security researcher who enjoys identifying vulnerabilities to help organizations stay safe?

　　Come join the Akamai SIRT (Security Intelligence Response Team)

　　A Security Intelligence Response Engineer within a Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) team is a crucial role responsible for identifying, analyzing, and responding to security threats and vulnerabilities. The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (Akamai SIRT) is responsible for responding to and managing customer and platform security incidents as well as researching threat actors, tactics, techniques, and procedures. You will be exposed to a myriad of architectures protected by Akamai's application delivery and security service networks. You will identify the changing landscape of adversarial actions, tailor defenses to match them, and react to ongoing incidents.

　　Shape the future of threat research

　　As a Security Researcher you will be focused on deep packet inspection, investigations (DDoS, WAF, & emerging threats), security incident SME support, security research, proactive intelligence framework monitoring and protection, and will participate in tool and process development within the research environment. This position will also be responsible for forensic cases as assigned, will participate in all research papers that are published by Akamai SIRT to include Threat Advisories, White Papers, as well as real-time and post-mortem incident reports.

　　As a Security Researcher Senior II, you will be responsible for:

　　Running CVE/Vulnerability Assessment

　　Researching new trends in attack tools, techniques, and procedures; and how to effectively protect against them

　　Publishing and/or presenting intelligence/research for consumption by our own security operators, customers' security teams, and the security community at large

　　Managing Critical incident response efforts, including coordination, communication, assessment, and resolution

　　Developing research tools to support gathering and analysis of intelligence from internal and external sources

　　Developing PoC attacks against Akamai and Internet infrastructure in order to inform product management and individual customers of potential risks, including by the use of ethical hacking, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and application security testing

　　Do what you love

　　To be successful in this role you will:

　　Have a relevant education in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or related fields, or a qualifying work experience in one of the following fields: Security Operations role, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT), or Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), web application penetration testing methods, application security, content filtering, network protocols, access control, encryption, and 2 factor authentication technologies, OSINT research and analysis techniques for threats and trends

　　Have Experience applying/analyzing attacks and defenses

　　Have Experience analyzing compromised systems for forensic and research purposes

　　Show a desire to be challenged and learn/grow to meet those challenges

　　Be capable of independently solving complex technical problems without direct supervision

　　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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　　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!

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