Senior Security Compliance Specialist

Would you enjoy translating security compliance into business and product requirements?

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge web security platforms?

Join our global Information Security team!

Akamai's Security Compliance team seeks a creative, detail-focused problem-solver to support compliance programs showcasing security across its network and products. Collaborate with Security Compliance team members and stakeholders from various business units to assist with programs and projects aligned with compliance operations, ensuring the overall security compliance posture of Akamai remains robust and effectively managed.

Partner with the best

Akamai's InfoSec Team safeguards infrastructure security and promotes robust internal security practices across the organization.
The Security Compliance team helps product teams meet security compliance needs for both customers and the public.

As a Senior Security Compliance Specialist , you will be responsible for:

• Leading the annual PCI assessment, managing the entire process, and collaborating with internal technical teams and external auditors effectively.
• Ensuring ongoing validation of Akamai's PCI environment scope to reduce potential risks effectively.
• Collaborating closely with control management and framework SME teams to streamline and oversee the evidence collection and review process.
• Creating detailed analysis to support compliance efforts, including detailed written reports, as well as presentations, and other forms of communication.
• Investigating potential issues and developing potential solutions by working collaboratively with stakeholders.
• Working independently and comfortably in ambiguous or less well defined circumstances to develop clear analysis.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate relevant expertise with appropriate experience in the field.
• Demonstrate expertise in PCI security standards while conducting and managing compliance audits effectively.
• Demonstrate expertise in security compliance audits.
• Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize effectively to optimize productivity without compromising quality or deadlines.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.