Senior Enterprise Security Architect (Zero Trust)

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Akamai is hiring a Senior Enterprise Security Architect focusing on Zero Trust to own PoCs, pre sales activities, and collaborate with enterprise sales to move customers toward zero trust and microsegmentation across cloud environments. You will drive architecture discovery, configuration, and help customers adopt agile identity centric security models while shaping product roadmaps. Requirements include 10 to 12 years of experience, a bachelor’s degree, strong presentation skills, and expertise in network security concepts, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, ZTNA, SASE, and cloud platforms AWS, Azure, GCP. Remote UAE under FlexBase. To apply, tailor your resume to measurable pre sales wins, provide concrete outcomes, and show consultative selling and cross functional collaboration; mention zero trust credentials and readiness for interviews.

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology and ensuring customer success?

Does Software Defined Segmentation/Zero Trust Security excite you?

Join our Enterprise Security Team!

Our Enterprise Division is responsible for developing and selling Enterprise Security, Identity, Application Access products and Microsegmentation. Our goal is to navigate an evolution within customers to a more secure, dynamic and agile infrastructure. Collaborating with our enterprise sales, other internal
teams and external partners is key.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Enterprise Security Architect, you will sit at the heart of the sales process. You will be the technical evangelist supporting customers with the adoption of our products and services. You'll play a pivotal role in demonstrating the value of our solutions, helping to close the sale.

As a Senior Enterprise Security Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Owning, shaping, and running proof-of-concepts, beta programs, and pre-sales activities
  with customers and partner teams
• Diving into enterprise architecture discovery and hands-on software configuration
• Strategizing with and assisting customers as they move to more agile, secure, identity
  centric security models
• Taking a consultative approach to solutions and solving challenges around next
  generation security transformation
• Educating and enabling internal teams and partners regarding our Enterprise solution
  portfolios to motivate effective sales strategies
• Influencing product roadmaps and ensuring the inclusion of business priorities and
  requirements of customers

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 10-12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field
  or its equivalent
• Have experience working in large, complex customer facing environments with
  responsibility for the technical sales cycle
• Be able to effectively present complex and technical material to varying audiences
  virtually and in-person
• Have knowledge of network security, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, endpoint protection, firewalls, and other cybersecurity concepts
• Have expertise with Zero Trust security concepts and technologies such as Network Security, SASE/SSE, ZTNA and Microsegmentation
• Display good understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and cloud native technologies (Microservices, Kubernetes

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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Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

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