Akamai Edge Security & Digital Protection

Making a difference and driving positive change is what we do every day at Rapid Circle. Our Cloud Pioneers help our clients in their digital transformation. Are you someone who goes for constant, positive change? Then this vacancy is for you!

As a Cloud Pioneer at Rapid Circle, you will work with our customers on different projects. For example, making impact in the healthcare sector, by making research data safely available. But also, awesome projects in the manufacturing or energy market make this job very challenging.

At Rapid Circle we are curious and are constantly improving our expertise to help customers find their way in a rapidly changing world. We share our knowledge and discover new ways to learn.

Rapid Circle is growing rapidly and are therefore looking for the right person for the role. You will be given lots of freedom to develop personally. We also have a lot of in-house knowledge (MVPs) within the Netherlands, Australia, and India. By working closely with your (international) colleagues, you can continue to challenge yourself and create your own growth path. Freedom, entrepreneurship, and development are key at Rapid Circle, so also in the role of a Akamai Edge Security & Digital Protection.

Experience Required

• 6-8 years of overall IT experience
• 3+ years of experience in Akamai, CDN, Edge Security, Web Security, or Security Operations environments
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale internet-facing applications and digital platforms
• Experience working with Security Operations teams and incident management processes
• Exposure to fraud prevention, account protection, digital identity, or customer-facing security solutions
• Experience in cloud-based enterprise environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)

Skills Summary

Skill Area

Must Have

Good to Have

Akamai Edge & CDN

Akamai Edge Delivery, CDN concepts, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, caching, routing, traffic optimization, web application architecture

Cloudflare, Fastly, Azure Front Door, AWS CloudFront, EdgeWorkers, EdgeKV

Akamai Security

WAF, DDoS Protection, Bot Manager, Account Protector, API Security, security policy implementation and tuning

Enterprise Application Access, Zero Trust concepts, API gateway integrations

Security Operations

Security monitoring, alert triage, incident response support, threat detection, root cause analysis, SIEM exposure

Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, SOAR platforms, Threat Intelligence tools

CIAM & Identity Security

Authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, session management, identity protection, consumer identity journeys

OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, Ping Identity, Okta, Azure AD B2C, ForgeRock

Fraud Detection

Account takeover prevention, bot mitigation, fraud use-case analysis, risk-based authentication, fraud investigation support

Behavioral analytics, fraud intelligence tools, machine learning-based fraud detection

Cloud, Data & Automation

Cloud networking fundamentals, Azure/AWS/GCP basics, GitHub, CI/CD understanding, log and traffic analysis, reporting

Python, PowerShell, Terraform, KQL, Power BI, DevSecOps practices

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility Area

Key Responsibilities

Akamai Edge Operations

Configure, support, and optimize Akamai Edge services, troubleshoot CDN and application delivery issues, and maintain platform reliability.

Edge Security Management

Implement and tune Akamai WAF, DDoS Protection, Bot Manager, API Security, and Account Protector policies.

SOC Collaboration

Work with Security Operations teams on alert analysis, incident triage, root cause analysis, and threat mitigation activities.

Identity & Fraud Protection

Support secure authentication flows, MFA/session controls, account protection, suspicious activity reviews, and fraud investigation use cases.

Analysis & Reporting

Review logs, traffic patterns, security events, and behavioral trends to identify anomalies and provide actionable insights.

Continuous Improvement

Contribute to automation, monitoring improvements, security optimization, documentation, and platform modernization initiatives.