Job Description

Role Purpose

The purpose of this role is to analyse, identify, rectify & recommend specific improvement measures that help in the security posture of the organization by protecting the sensitive information
 

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Role :

Akamai Cyber security analyst

JavaScript Engineer (Akamai Edge / L7 Platform Focus)

Overview

We are looking for a talented JavaScript Engineer with a strong understanding of modern JavaScript and web request/response flows, who is interested in developing and evolving our Akamai Edge Worker foundation. You don’t need to be an Akamai expert from day one—but you should be comfortable working close to the network layer, learning quickly, and owning part of a critical edge‑security and optimisation platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Akamai Edge Workers that support core customer journeys, API security, and platform optimisation.
• Work closely with platform, security, and API teams to define and implement Layer‑7 logic, including routing, request inspection, headers, and traffic shaping.
• Contribute to establishing a robust Edge Worker foundation, including coding standards, patterns, reusable modules, and governance.
• Support tuning, testing, and deployment of edge logic during security events, configuration changes, or traffic routing and manipulation activities.
• Collaborate with Third party and internal teams during feature rollouts, troubleshooting, and major incidents.
• Participate in architectural discussions around edge‑to‑origin flows, bot protection, caching, and performance optimisation.
• Provide documentation, code reviews, and guidance to other engineers adopting edge technologies.

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript (Node‑style runtime experience useful).
• Understanding of HTTP fundamentals: methods, headers, caching, content types, redirects, CORS, etc.
• Awareness of API design and RESTful patterns.
• Experience working with distributed systems, cloud, or web platform technologies.
• Ability to reason about request/response flows and debug at the network layer.
• Nice-to-Have (or Willingness to Learn)
• Experience with Akamai, Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda Edge, or similar serverless edge platforms.
• Exposure to WAF, Bot Protection, CDN behaviour, or traffic‑management rules.
• Understanding of Layer‑7 security concepts (rate limits, header validation, JWT handling, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Experience with high‑traffic systems or API‑driven architectures.

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