Security Incident Responder II

Location: Japan; Remote

Are you excited by the prospect of learning about the latest cyber attacks?

Would you enjoy protecting the worlds leading brands in a fast-paced environment?

Join our best-in-class global technical support team

Akamais industry-leading Security Operations Command Center (SOCC) protects various enterprises. We hand hold our security customers against real-time cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism on daily basis. Partnering with other technical teams we detect and mitigate ongoing attacks, helping enterprises protect their online presence. We are the world leader in DDoS, web application and bot-based attack mitigation.

Respond to cyber attacks in real-time

As a Security Incident Responder, youll engage in customers network and Cyber Attack-related events. As frontline defense, you will own central alerting system, detecting and assessing the impact of attacks. The role will reside in an environment that is fast-paced with constant involvement in critical attack fighting

As a Security Incident Responder, you will be responsible for:

• Providing first line response to customer alerts and ensuring internal security teams are alerted
• Using the central alert and graphing systems to monitor internal infrastructure and customer events
• Responding to and routing of customer incident tickets to ensure assignment of tasks to internal teams
• Following workflow procedures of an operations center in a large global environment to ensure effective service delivery
• Mentoring and coaching the team to share skills and knowledge.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a significant experience in a Customer Support role or similar
• Have basic understanding of how the internet works
• Have basic understanding of protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP and networking fundamentals
• Need to demonstrate an ability to analyze, prioritize and escalate customer incidents, engaging with appropriate stakeholders
• Have the ability to engage and communicate with appropriate stakeholders and customers
• Able to communicate verbal & written communication skills in Fluent Japanese and Intermediate English. Mandarin is a plus

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether youre streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, were the engine behind the scenes. We provide the worlds 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 worlds biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the worlds most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we dont just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And were 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 jobs needs

Akamais FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. Its not about telling employees where to work; its 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.

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As a Security Incident Responder, youll engage in customers network and Cyber Attack-related events. As frontline defense, you will own central alerting system, detecting and assessing the impact of attacks. The role will reside in an environment that is fast-paced with constant involvement in critical attack fighting