Are you passionate about designing and building security systems that enhance security operations of the organization?
Are you eager to work with advanced SIEM technologies and cloud security solutions?
Join our Infosec Global Security Operations team!
Our team is dedicated to safeguarding Akamai's business by ensuring the security/integrity of its systems and infrastructure. We work with our product/platform teams, ensuring that Akamai's cybersecurity operations exceed the safety/security compliance requirements of our customers/stakeholders.
Partner with the best
As a Security Engineer II, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing SIEM solutions to meet evolving business needs. You will build and manage SIEM workflows and connectors, ensuring seamless integration of various data sources.
As a Security Engineer II, you will be responsible for:
- Designing, developing and deploying SIEM workflows that automate/streamline the detection, analysis, and response to security events
- Customizing workflows to meet specific SIEM requirements to improve operational efficiency
- Developing/maintaining SIEM connectors to integrate various data sources, including network devices, servers, applications, and cloud environments
- Ensuring reliable data ingestion and normalization across diverse sources to provide comprehensive security monitoring
- Working with ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) frameworks to integrate and process security data from multiple sources
- Leveraging technologies such as Kafka, AWS Data Catalog, AWS Glue, and Athena to manage/query large datasets
- Utilizing scripting languages like Python, Bash, JavaScript, or PowerShell
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
- Demonstrate experience designing/developing SIEM/SOAR systems and workflows with ELK/Splunk
- Have proficiency in developing threat logic using search query KQL, SPL etc
- Have proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript, PowerShell) for automation and custom development
- Have a solid understanding of cloud services, particularly AWS, and experience automating tasks with Boto3
- Demonstrate experience with data management tools such as ELT frameworks, Kafka, AWS Data Catalog etc.
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.
