Principal Security Researcher - Enterprise Security Research

Israel Remote April 20, 2026 Workday

As a member of our research team, you will investigate emerging attack surfaces across operating systems, cloud environments, and modern enterprise technologies. You will reverse-engineer complex software, discover vulnerabilities, and conduct original, publishable research. Researchers are encouraged to explore new ideas and turn promising findings into published research shared with the global security community.

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How to Get Hired at Akamai

  • Akamai is one of the original distributed-systems companies on the internet and still operates at a scale very few engineering organizations ever encounter, which makes it a uniquely strong place to deepen networking, security, and reliability skills.
  • The company has three intertwined business lines: content delivery, security, and Connected Cloud (post-Linode), and your career mobility inside Akamai is strongest if you understand how all three fit together.
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