Senior II Security Engineer Lead

Are you excited about deploying best-in-class Global Security Operations against a dynamic threat landscape?

Are you an innovative leader with experience protecting a large, global enterprise?

Join our Information Security Team

Akamai's Global Security Operations safeguards Akamai, its customers, and the Internet globally. This role leads security operations, reporting to the Director of Global Security Operations. The position involves addressing global security issues and enhancing Internet safety through Akamai's platform and influence.

Shape Internet Security

In this role, enhance, innovate, and manage Threat Engineering within Global Security Operations. Ideal candidates bring experience developing or leading threat detection, automation, and orchestration in large-scale organizations, preferably globally.

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

• Defining and implementing a strategy to enhance threat analysis, automation, orchestration within Global Security Operations.
• Overseeing the design, implementation, and tuning of detection mechanisms for emerging threats while ensuring alignment.
• Monitoring system security operations, ensuring compliance with KPIs, and developing automated response workflows.
• Optimizing playbooks for incident response, ensuring automation aligns with processes, compliance, and continuous monitoring.
• Researching industry trends, identifying security threats, analyzing tools, and recommending services or products collaboratively.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess extensive 8 years of cybersecurity expertise and leadership experience managing teams for a significant duration.
• Demonstrate expertise in SIEM platforms (Splunk, ELK, Sentinel) and SOAR solutions (Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR).
• Create detection rules, automate playbooks, lead teams, manage priorities, deliver outcomes, communicate effectively.
• Develop scripts and automation using Python, PowerShell, REST APIs; apply AI, machine learning, UEBA detection.
• Demonstrate expertise in SIEM/SOAR platforms (e.g., Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Cortex XSOAR).
• Hold CISSP or CISM credential.

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