Do you want an opportunity to lead an amazing team of information security professionals?
Does having an impact on how Akamai approaches cyber risk excite you?
Join our InfoSec team
Our Information Security team is responsible for safeguarding Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. We are looking for a seasoned individual to lead our cybersecurity government compliance efforts. This highly visible position will play a critical role in serving Akamai's public sector customers and in shaping the security practices across Akamai.
Partner with the best
In this role you will be at the heart of Akamai's commitment to driving security improvements. Bringing a visionary approach to enhance our security and compliance capabilities. Managing the practices, governance, and portfolio of the company's security compliance for the U.S. public sector. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with industry-leading security experts on a global team. Having a on Akamai's mission which supports our customers and internal product engineering teams.
As Senior Director of Information Security, you will be responsible for:
- Shaping the vision for FedRAMP compliance for our portfolio of services, products and partnering closely with stakeholders.
- Advising, influencing, and educating the rest of the company on matters of security and U.S. government compliance.
- Bringing experience in information security, risk management, and compliance for cloud environments with deep knowledge in U.S. federal security compliance.
- Facilitating the adoption of changes needed to comply with U.S. cybersecurity regulations, in harmony with cybersecurity regulations across the globe.
- Supporting subject-matter experts in communicating compliance strategy and requirements across the organization
- Building partnerships with the FedRAMP PMO to assist in evolving the FedRAMP program at scale
- Liaising with peer organizations across the industry and the 3PAO
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 12 years of experience and a master's degree or the equivalent work experience
- Have experience with federal security compliance and risk management frameworks (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-218, and NIST RMF controls).
- Possess a solid foundation in core security domains like secure software development practices, vulnerability management, encryption, networking, and security monitoring.
- Have experience with cybersecurity and overseeing security audits
- Understand complex technical systems, their control and measurement, and with describing the risks within those systems
- Be able to communicate clearly, effectively and persuasively verbally and in writing to technical and business audiences
- Demonstrate sound judgment in both meticulously planned strategic scenarios and rapid-response emergency situations, sometimes simultaneously.
- Be capable of fostering focus and collaborative teamwork among a group of highly skilled, highly independent staff.
- Be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
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.
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.
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.
