Akamai Technologies

Senior Security Researcher II – Lead, Cyber Threat Intelligence

Akamai Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇮🇱 Israel

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

GoPython

About the role

  • Conducting advanced threat research and intelligence generation on DDoS, WAF, bot abuse, API exploitation, zero-days, and emerging attack methods.
  • Conducting threat actor research by analyzing motivations, assessing capabilities, tracking infrastructure, and attributing campaigns effectively.
  • Serving as a technical escalation point and Subject Matter Expert (SME) during critical security incidents
  • Supporting forensic investigations and post-compromise analysis for complex or high-impact cases
  • Authoring and contributing to Akamai SIRT publications, including:Threat Advisories, White Papers, Real-time and post-incident intelligence reports

Requirements

  • Possess expertise in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or similar field and/or five of equivalent professional experience in: Security Operations, CERT/CIRT.
  • Demonstrate expertise in Cyber Threat Intelligence, encompassing threat actor analysis, OSINT collection, analysis, intelligence lifecycle, and reporting.
  • Demonstrate expertise in network protocols, web technologies, large-scale architectures, application security, DDoS, WAF, bot mitigation, encryption, and authentication.
  • Demonstrate expertise analyzing actual threats and developing practical security measures.
  • Demonstrate expertise in forensic analysis for compromised systems and environments.
  • Demonstrate scripting or programming expertise (e.g., Python, Go) to support automation within research processes.
  • Have experience working with global threat data and familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK/D3FEND or similar frameworks
  • Have experience briefing leadership
Benefits
  • Your health
  • Your finances
  • Your family
  • Your time at work
  • Your time pursuing other endeavors

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Cyber Threat Intelligencethreat actor analysisOSINT collectionforensic analysisnetwork protocolsweb technologiesapplication securityDDoSWAFscripting
Soft skills
technical escalationcommunicationleadershipanalytical thinkingproblem-solving