| Location: | Cambridge, MA, US | Posted Date: | 2014-06-25 00:00:00.0 | ||
| Category: | Program Management | ID: | 11848 |
Overview:Akamai’s Security Business Unit is looking for a creative, detail-oriented problem-solver to help develop, drive, and manage projects within the Security Product Division as well as coordinate cross-functional efforts across multiple products and operations divisions within Akamai.
Your responsibilities will include managing projects, coordination with other departments within Akamai (Services, Platform, etc.), driving the consolidation of development tools and ensure the status is reflected across the BU in a coherent manner.
The person assuming this role will work directly with all the senior managers of the BU and support the needs of both local and remote teams.
About the Team
Our team is part of the Security organization, which has responsibility for the technologies that power Security Products. These include Kona Site Defender, Edge Tokenization, Web Application Firewall and Siteshield. These provide distributed protection from both DDoS and application specific web attacks with on-demand scalability.
Akamai’s global footprint of over 100,000 servers provides an overlay network with scale and capacity to not just deliver the largest web events but also secure the largest Internet brands from attack. The team builds and extends Akamai’s highly fault-tolerant wide area distributed content delivery and application acceleration systems to improve performance, security, reliability and availability of high value web sites. Akamai powers over 85% of the top online retailers, with over $100 billion in annual revenue.
Responsibilities:
* Driving, tracking and reporting within the Security BU.
* Supporting Project Managers from other divisions.
* Coordinating other inter-and cross-departmental projects.
* Leading the effort to SW consolidation across the BU
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
* Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business Management
* Minimum of 8 years of overall experience
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical project management or related role.
Desired Qualifications
* Detail-oriented, flexible individual who is interested and excited about the internet, security and technology.
* Proven leadership, organization, and planning skills.
* Ability to quickly grasp new and unfamiliar technical concepts quickly.
* Excellent oral and written communications skills.
* Ability to work independently.
Other Information
* Is relocation available for this position: No
* Is US Citizenship required: No
* Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
About Akamai:
Akamai® is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the company’s solutions is the Akamai Intelligent PlatformTM providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
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