Are you excited about uncovering vulnerabilities?

Do you love diving into data to research and analyze cutting-edge cybersecurity challenges?

Join our Research Team!

Akamai is looking for a security researcher to help increase the value of the API Security product. Huge customers use Akamai's API security product to protect against attacks that exploit vulnerabilities and threats in their APIs.

Responsibilities:

We provide clients with comprehensive API discovery, insights into anomalous activities, and protection against potential attacks. Our core team is central to demonstrating the security value of the product by tackling its most complex and critical cyber algorithms and leveraging in-depth data research to drive innovation and excellence.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Conducting in-depth research on customer traffic to inform strategic architectural decisions.
• Designing and implementing sophisticated algorithms to address groundbreaking challenges.
• Owning and driving end-to-end solutions for core and complex cybersecurity problems.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 3 years of cyber security research.
• Experience with web hacking techniques.
• 2 years of Python development.
• Ability to take ownership and execute tasks end-to-end
• Experience with offensive security.

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.