Senior Software Engineer- Remote

Akamai Technologies is a leading company that powers and protects life online. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to embed security into the software delivery lifecycle, partnering with engineering, platform, and security teams to design and operate secure CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Operating and continuously improving application and infrastructure security tooling, including SAST, DAST, cloud security platforms, and vulnerability management systems
• Designing, maintain, and updating Terraform and infrastructure-as-code modules to comply with security best practices, internal standards, and regulatory requirements
• Building/owning security automation across the software release lifecycle, covering development, CI/CD, staging, and production environments, to proactively detect, prevent, and remediate risks
• Integrating security best practices into core infrastructure components, including secrets management, least-privilege IAM, encrypted communication, and compliance readiness
• Partnering with engineering, platform, and security teams to embed DevSecOps principles, reduce security friction, and continuously raise the organization's security maturity

Requirements:

• 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps or DevSecOps Engineer, operating production-grade systems at scale
• Great proficiency in Linux/Unix environments, with hands-on experience in Terraform, Python, and shell scripting for automation and infrastructure management
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes-based platforms, including large-scale containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience migrating, building, and securing systems in cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, GCP or any other cloud
• Highly responsible, self-managed, and self-motivated, with attention to detail and excellent troubleshooting skills, able to operate effectively with minimal supervision
• Able to obtain a security clearance