Are you passionate about cutting-edge technology and customer success?
Do Software Defined Segmentation, AI and Zero Trust Security interest you?
Drive secure, agile infrastructure transformation with our Enterprise Security Group!
Our Enterprise Security Group is responsible for devleoping and eslling Enterprise Access, Microsegmentation, and Interaction Security (Akamai Workforce Protector, Formerly LayerX products, while helping customers stafely adpot AI and SaaS by closing the visibility and control gaps that traditional network and endpoint security leave behind. Our goal is to navigate an evolution within customers to a more secure, dynamic and agile infrastructure. Collaborating with our enterprise sales, other internal teams and external partners is key.
Partner with the best
As a Senior Enterprise Security Architect, you will sit at the heart of the sales process. You will be the technical evangelist supporting customers with the adoption of our products and services. You'll play a pivotal role in demonstrating the value of our solutions, helping to close the sale.
As a Senior Enterprise Security Architect, you will be responsible for:
- Owning, shaping, and running proof-of-concepts, beta programs, and pre-sales activities with customers and partner teams
- Diving into enterprise architecture discovery and hands-on software configuration
- Strategizing with and assisting customers as they move to more agile, secure, identity centric security models
- Taking a consultative approach to solutions and solving challenges around next generation security transformation
- Educating and enabling internal teams and partners regarding our Enterprise solution portfolios to motivate effective sales strategies
- Influencing product roadmaps and ensuring the inclusion of business priorities and requirements of customers
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Be able to effectively present complex, technical material to varying audiences (CISO through SOC/security architect) in Japanese and English (intermediate)
- Have knowledge of network security, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, endpoint protection, firewalls, and general cybersecurity concepts
- Have expertise with Zero Trust concepts and technologies such as SASE/SSE, ZTNA, and Microsegmentation
- Understand the interaction security / AI governance landscape - GenAI DLP, shadow AI discover, AI access control, and how it differs from network-layer controls (SSE/SASE), endpoint DLP, and legacy enterprise browsers.
- Have working familiarity with how browser extensions work (permissions model, manifest/content-script architecture, how extensions read and act on page content)
- Have a good understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and cloud-native technologies (microservices, Kubernetes)
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.
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