Akamai Security Engineer

Akamai Security Engineer (L3 SME) - 6 Month Contract - Hybrid (Farringdon) - Inside IR35

This role sits within the Cyber Security function and is responsible for managing, optimising and securing enterprise-scale Akamai environments. The successful candidate will operate as a Level 3 SME within a high-pressure Cyber Defence environment, ensuring performance, resilience and security across critical digital platforms.

You will play a key role in protecting large-scale systems from advanced threats, optimising CDN performance, and ensuring compliance across both cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise Akamai security suites including:
• WAF
• L7 Anti-DDoS
• Bot Manager Premier
• API Security
• Site Shield
• API Acceleration
• Implement advanced blocking measures and bot-attack prevention strategie...