Security Solutions Architect II Overview Solutions Architects are part of the Akamai Professional Services team and work directly with clients to deliver Akamai's solutions. You will be involved with projects from design through implementation, testing and customer sign-off. You will work independently or within a small technical team in delivering the appropriate solution to Akamai's enterprise customers. You will plan, implement, test, and deploy Akamai platform configurations to integrate with customer web sites, develop and execute test cases and scripts for customer solutions. You will participate in internal projects that help scale the group, implement best practices, and improve our methodology and quality of integrations.
About the Team
Recognizing that an organization’s approach to its Internet initiatives is developed long before implementation and is an on-going exercise long after go-live, Akamai Professional Services offers consulting services that address all phases of a customer’s Internet strategy. Akamai’s Professional Services team calls upon its Internet and Security expertise to architect the optimal solution for the unique business and technical requirements of our customers. Through its proven methodologies and processes, this highly experienced team of consultants has implemented effective solutions for over 2,000 Akamai customers.
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
* 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree Computer Sience, MIS Engineering or its equivalent or
* 3 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree Computer Sience, MIS Engineering or
* Relevant experience and a PhD
Required Skills
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with Internet technologies including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS and web servers.
• Minimum of 3-4 years of experience within the security field (e.g. Firewalls/VPN, Security Event Management, Data Loss Prevention or related.)
• Must have at least either an Industry recognized security certifications (CISSP, CISA, CEH, etc.) or equivalent years in experience.
• Must provide mentoring to the team members
• Collaborate with the team initiatives, automating tasks
• Take escalations coming from Level 1
• Must handle Kona, Prolexic and Bot Manager products
Desired Skills
• Industry recognized security certifications (CISSP, CISA, CEH, etc.).
• Proven experience in the Networking field (CCNA, CCNP or related) desired.
• Experience troubleshooting complex network scenarios involving carriers and/or third party partners.
• Experience in the web application security field.
• Experience with web application firewall (WAF) concepts and technologies.
• Experience with general security technologies, processes, and concepts.
• Self-motivated, independent, and able to understand complex systems.
• Experience writing/decoding exploit, vulnerability, and attack detection signatures.
• IT solution delivery experience, preferably within a consulting organization.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and web-related programming or scripting languages: Javascript, PHP, Shell Scripting, J2EE, .NET, JSP, ASP, Python, etc.
• Experience with TCP/IP network debugging with tcpdump/wireshark or similar.
• Experience working with web proxies such as Fiddler, Charles and others.
• Experience testing and debugging web applications.
• Experience with data processing, Real Time Reporting and Analytics.
• Working knowledge of the full software development life.
