Senior II Enterprise Security Architect in London

Do you want to make an impact by reinventing API Security and protect organizations from cyber threats? Do you aspire to be the technical expert for the entire pre-sales lifecycle to drive business success? Join the Specialists Solution Engineering Group for API Security. Akamai API Security solution gives our customers full discovery, visibility and security into their entire API estate. We do this through continuous discovery, monitoring and automated prevention.

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.
• Serving 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 support 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 always keeping up with new API and web application cybersecurity challenges.
• Being the technical and API security expert for our 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 Consultant, Solution Architect.
• Cybersecurity background, 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 deal 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.

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.

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.