Senior Security Consultant

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge cloud security systems?

Would providing consultancy to influence customers' Internet strategies excite you?

Join our prestigious Professional Services team

Our Team provides managed services and proactive and reactive support to our global customers. We utilize tools, process and knowledge to integrate and maintain Akamai security, media, and performance solutions for our clients. We collaborate to solve problems, innovate to provide creative solutions and work to continuously improve for our customers and our team.

Partner with the best

As a Security Consultant Senior, you'll be the primary security services contact for our customers. You will be ensuring the successful integration and support of customers on our platform. You'll act as a trusted consultant in this growing and high-profile area. You'll learn and implement creative solutions helping customers leverage Akamai's security products and achieve desired outcomes.

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

• Ensuring customer success by understanding requirements, leveraging best practices and offering consulting services that meet customer needs
• Collaborating with integrated account team to evaluate customer web architecture, develop and deliver long-term security strategy and cloud solutions
• Working with security experts to solve technical problems, demonstrating Akamai's value, and communicating effectively with all audiences
• Participating in training and projects contributing to best practices, maximizing efficiency, and improving methodology and service quality

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8+ years experience in a customer-facing role within the information technology industry and a Bachelor's Degree or High School Diploma
• Have excellent communication skills and an ability to build trusting relationships with customers
• Be familiar with security, delivery compute technology, process and concepts, security event management, or security compliance
• Have a proactive interest in learning and integrating new products and emerging security technologies
• Have knowledge of implementation concepts that deal with web development, IT systems or security practice
• Demonstrate knowledge of project management concepts and techniques
• Demonstrate the ability to multitask, adapt and thrive within an ever-changing environment

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 endeavours

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

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.