Senior Enterprise Security Architect
Your role includes technical engagement with our customers and partners throughout the pre‑sales cycle. Guiding them through the process of improving their API security from discovery, deployment and prevention. You will also serve as the regional expert and bridge between the field and product management, R&D and research.
Responsibilities
- Managing the entire pre‑sales lifecycle, from initial conversation, demo, POV, RFP, competitive analysis and supporting the post‑sales conversation
- Interacting with different stakeholders, both internally and externally, such as partners, customers, salespeople, product management and leadership
- Developing, implementing, and optimizing technical sales processes and methodologies
- Evangelizing best practices and keeping up with new API and web application cybersecurity challenges
- Being the technical and API security expert for customers and partners
- Attending and presenting at various events and providing high‑quality solution design documents
Qualifications
- Experience in technical sales positions, quota‑carrying and customer‑facing, such as pre‑sales, system engineering, solution consulting, or solution architecture
- Cybersecurity background with knowledge of APIs, WAFs, and web application security
- Comprehensive understanding of the internet, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTML, and SSL protocols
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to brief prospects, analyze data, and engage with customers
- Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications
- Familiarity with Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, and service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, NGINX)
- Effective communication in emails, RFPs, and reports and excellent presentation skills
Benefits
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Akamai Technologies is an 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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Your role includes technical engagement with our customers and partners throughout the pre‑sales cycle. Guiding them through the process of improving their API security from discovery, deployment and prevention. You will also serve as the regional expert and bridge between the field and product management, R&D and research.
Responsibilities
- Managing the entire pre‑sales lifecycle, from initial conversation, demo, POV, RFP, competitive analysis and supporting the post‑sales conversation
- Interacting with different stakeholders, both internally and externally, such as partners, customers, salespeople, product management and leadership
- Developing, implementing, and optimizing technical sales processes and methodologies
- Evangelizing best practices and keeping up with new API and web application cybersecurity challenges
- Being the technical and API security expert for customers and partners
- Attending and presenting at various events and providing high‑quality solution design documents
Qualifications
- Experience in technical sales positions, quota‑carrying and customer‑facing, such as pre‑sales, system engineering, solution consulting, or solution architecture
- Cybersecurity background with knowledge of APIs, WAFs, and web application security
- Comprehensive understanding of the internet, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTML, and SSL protocols
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to brief prospects, analyze data, and engage with customers
- Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications
- Familiarity with Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, and service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, NGINX)
- Effective communication in emails, RFPs, and reports and excellent presentation skills
Benefits
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Akamai Technologies is an 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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