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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 & data analysis research.

• Experience with web hacking techniques.

• Experience with Python development.

• Experience with data analysis techniques: SQL, pandas (Python).

• Taking ownership and executing tasks end-to-end.

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 endeavors

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.

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