Would you enjoy working with cutting-edge web security systems?

Does the prospect of being part of a team defending against security attacks excite you?

Join our Professional Services Security Team

We partner with leading companies across industries to power and protect business online. As trusted advisors, we align Akamai solutions to customer needs and solve complex problems together. We innovate to deliver creative security solutions and continuously improve for our customers and our team.

Partner with the best

As a Security Consultant, you'll be part of the Akamai Professional Services team, working directly with clients. You'll serve as the main point of contact for our customers' security services. As a trusted advisor, you'll deliver service excellence and help customers strengthen their security posture. You'll also solve complex challenges to ensure the successful integration of Akamai's security solutions.

As a Security Consultant II, you will be responsible for:

• Leading implementations of Akamai security solutions based on customer needs and business goals
• Applying technical expertise and project management to ensure successful outcomes
• Collaborating across teams to assess needs, evaluate architecture, and design security solutions
• Maintaining trusted relationships through guidance, communication, and security best practices
• Partnering with security experts to solve advanced technical challenges during implementations
• Identifying risks, building mitigation plans, and escalating issues to ensure resolution

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience in web security or supporting security projects
• Know internet technologies and protocols like HTTP, DNS, IP, TLS and TCP
• Understand modern web attacks and web application security risks
• Be familiar with WAF, bot management tools and OWASP Top 10
• Demonstrate project management skills and deliver complex technical projects
• Have experience working in a customer-facing IT role
• Communicate effectively in Italian and English
• Be a team player who is proactive, curious, and eager to learn

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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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

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.

Join us

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!