Senior Security Researcher - Enterprise Security Research

Skip to main content.

View More Jobs

Senior Security Researcher - Enterprise Security Research

Israel(Remote)

Job Description

Lead impactful security research and share your discoveries at leading global conferences

Are you passionate about uncovering attack surfaces, breaking complex software, and presenting your findings at conferences such as Black Hat, DEF CON, and RSAC?

Join the Akamai Enterprise Security Group

Akamai Enterprise Security Group focuses on protecting enterprise environments at scale, combining deep network visibility, micro-segmentation, and threat intelligence. Our research is driven by large-scale, real-world data from leading enterprises worldwide.

Join our Security Research Team

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.

In this role you will be

• Leading end-to-end research projects - from idea generation, through discovery and exploitation, to publication
• Conducting deep security research across operating systems, cloud environments, enterprise software, and emerging technologies
• Developing proofs of concept and research tools
• Leveraging AI to scale and accelerate the research workflow
• Publishing research via technical blogs, whitepapers, and top-tier security conferences
• Collaborating with detection and product teams to translate research into security capabilities

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 4+ years of experience in security research, vulnerability discovery, exploitation, or reverse engineering
• Demonstrate understanding of OS internals
• Have hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools
• Be capable of independently leading complex research projects from concept to publication
• Demonstrate exceptional analytical abilities and advanced problem-solving expertise.
• Be able to communicate complex technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Have a track record of published research (e.g., blogs, CVEs, conference talks)- nice to have

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Apply Now

Job Info

• Job Identification2932
• Posting Date05/28/2026, 02:09 AM
• LocationsAkamai Technologies Israel Ltd., Tel Aviv, 6744130, IL(Remote)

Similar Jobs

• Senior Cyber Security Researcher\ \ Israel(Remote)Posted on 06/03/2026\ \ The Senior Security Researcher role involves developing detection methods and techniques to identify emerging threats for Akamai customers. Close collaboration with researchers, data engineers, and product teams is essential. Together, you will translate threat intelligence into production-grade detections and shape the future of AI-powered security operations.

• Senior Security Engineer- Hybrid\ \ Israel(Remote)Posted on 07/06/2026\ \ In this role, your solutions and expertise will have a company-wide impact. You will build cutting-edge software that solves complex pain points, actively support security efforts, and collaborate directly with teams across Akamai to reduce our overall attack surface.

• Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Security\ \ Israel(Hybrid)Posted on 05/19/2026\ \ As a Senior Software Engineer, you will maintain and develop new components and features for our big data and AI platform and products. Our platform processes massive amounts of data and leverages data intelligence to build cutting-edge security products.

• Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Security\ \ Israel(Remote)Posted on 06/29/2026\ \ Akamai's Active Testing product offers advanced API security, identifying vulnerabilities early in the application development process. It supports teams in implementing a Shift-Left Security Strategy, addressing risks and enhancing API protection from initial development stages. We are seeking an experienced Software Developer to contribute to our core engineering efforts.

• Cookie Preference

I'm an employee

Your Cookie Choices. We use cookies to ensure the fast, reliable and secure operation of this website, to improve your website experience and to manage your cookie choices. Some cookies process personal data. By agreeing to the placement of the cookies you also agree to the related personal data processing activities, where applicable. Click “Manage Preferences” to make individual choices and get details on the cookies in use, click “Accept” to agree to the storing of all cookies and the data processing activities or click “Decline” to reject all cookies except for strictly necessary cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on Cookie Preferences that appears in the website header. For additional information relating to your privacy take a look at our Privacy Statement that appears in the website footer.

AcceptDecline

Manage Preferences

Are You Still With Us?

It seems you've been gone for a while. For security reasons we will end your session automatically in 03:00 unless you would like to continue working.

End SessionContinue Working

Work Summary

This summary is generated by AI Assist. Click inside the summary text box to make changes as necessary.

DiscardAdd Summary

Page Senior Security Researcher - Enterprise Security Research - Akamai Career Site Careers loaded