Senior Security Analyst

Are you calm under pressure and thrive on dissecting complex cyber threats?

Do you have a passion for defending infrastructure and uncovering the who/what/how behind security incidents?

Join our Infosec Security Incident Response team.

Our Incident Response function is the first line of defense against sophisticated cyber-attacks targeting our global environment. As a Senior Security Analyst, you'll work to detect, investigate, and contain security incidents that matter. This will include highly regulated environments such as FedRAMP IL5.

Be the force behind real-time defense

As a Senior Analyst, you'll play a critical role in executing our response strategy, analyzing attack patterns, performing forensics, and ensuring threats are mitigated. You'll collaborate across Security Engineering, Threat Intelligence, and Legal to drive response/remediation efforts with clarity and precision.

As a Senior Security Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Investigating, containing, and recovering from security incidents across enterprise and cloud environments
• Performing forensic analysis, log correlation, and malware triage to determine root cause and impact
• Contributing to the development and refinement of incident response playbooks and escalation protocols
• Collaborating with Threat Intelligence teams to contextualize attacks and track threat actor behaviors
• Supporting incident commander(s) during high-severity events with detailed technical insights
• Leading or contributing to post-incident reviews and document lessons learned
• Monitoring and analyzing detection tools (EDR, SIEM, SOAR) and contribute to tuning and coverage improvements

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of experience in cybersecurity with a focus on incident response/threat detection and a bachelors degree in Information Security or related field
• Demonstrate experience supporting incident response within FedRAMP, DoD CC SRG, or other IL5-classified environments
• Have a deep technical understanding of attack vectors, TTPs, and digital forensics
• Demonstrate hands-on expertise with tools like CrowdStrike, Splunk, Wireshark, and memory or disk forensic platforms
• Have experience in Windows, Linux, and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex findings to both technical and non-technical audiences

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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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.

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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.

If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $74,700 - $155,300/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.