Do you thrive in high-stakes environments and lead with calm precision?
Do you excel in addressing emerging threats, developing skilled cyber defence teams, and advancing incident response strategies?
Join our Infosec Security Incident Response Leadership Team
The Incident Response team serves as the core of the security organisation, focused on identifying, containing, and eliminating advanced cyber threats targeting global infrastructure. As Senior Manager, you will oversee a skilled team, collaborating with various departments to safeguard the enterprise and advance the strategic vision for cyber defence capabilities.
Partner with the best
As Senior Manager of Incident Response, responsibility includes strategy, execution, and ongoing development of global IR capability. Lead by creating response playbooks, guiding intricate investigations, and enhancing cross-functional preparedness through tabletop exercises.As a Manager Senior Information Security, you will be responsible for:
- Guiding a global incident response team in a 24/7 shift model, ensuring consistent coverage during security events.
- Collaborating with Threat Intelligence, Security Engineering, Risk, Legal, and Product teams, improving investigations and reinforcing security measures.
- Collaborating with Global Security Operations and incident partners, ensuring alignment while distinguishing from routine SOC operations.
- Leading root cause analysis efforts, drive systemic remediation, and produce lessons-learned reporting for executive leadership.
- Conducting forensic analysis, log correlation, malware analysis, and attribution where needed
- Overseeing key IR metrics, trends, and operational KPIs to continuously improve response effectiveness and coverage
Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field.
- Have 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with 5+ years focused on incident response and 3+ in a leadership role
- Have ability to think strategically and align incident response initiatives with broader business and risk goals
- Have expertise in modern attack vectors, malware behavior, post-exploitation techniques, and adversary simulation
- Have deep familiarity with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, forensic tools, and packet analysis (e.g., CrowdStrike, Splunk, Wireshark)
- Have Certifications like GCIA, GCIH, GNFA, CISSP, or OSCP
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.Learn what makes Akamai a great place to workConnect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!
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At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.
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Benefits
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
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.
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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!
