Are you excited about detecting and mitigating the latest cyber & fraud attacks?

Would you enjoy handling massive data sets, solving hard problems, and having a deep passion for security?

Join our Global Web Security group!

Our team is part of the Cloud Security organization, responsible for the technologies powering Akamai's security products and protecting some of the world's major internet brands. Working with other development teams, we design and create highly scalable solutions.

Shape internet security

You will be the forefront of cyber defense, keenly tracking, analyzing, and countering threats in fraud and account abuse, including credential stuffing, account takeovers, identity theft, account opening abuse, carding attacks and more. Your primary goal is to enhance our products' security measures by devising innovative detection methods and integrating them effectively.

As a Security Researcher , you will be responsible for:

• Diving into the latest cyber threats, spot trends in data, and figure out how adversaries operate.

• Tweaking and improving our risk-detecting tech, plus playing around with ML to keep us ahead of the curve.

• Collaborating with data science and engineering to make our security tools even sharper.

• Gathering and analyzing attack data using Pandas and PySpark to provide solid intelligence and uncovering emerging attack trends.

• Sharing the cool stuff you find in blogs.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have proven experience in security and fraud research with a good grasp of web application security.

• Be adept in statistical analysis and machine learning methodologies.

• Be proficient with SQL, Spark (Scala), and Python's data analysis tools.

• Demonstrate exceptional analytical with a keen interest in technological advancements.

• Have experience with JavaScript, browser fingerprinting, user analytics, and biometrics.

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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