**Does developing creative machine learning models addressing application security threats get your head churning?** **Join us and use data science to make a positive impact!** **Join our Global Web Security group!** Our team is part of the Cloud Security organization. We are responsible for the technologies powering Akamai's security products and protecting some of the world's major internet brands. Working in partnership with other development teams, we design and create highly scalable solutions. **Partner with the best** As a Bot & Fraud Detection Specialist, you will help customers maximize value from our security products. You'll tailor detections using data science, cybersecurity, and consulting. You will optimize configurations and identify improvement opportunities. While not customer-facing, you'll support clients through the Professional Services team. You will ensure reliable, effective technical solutions aligned with customer needs. As a Bot & Fraud Detection Specialist, you will be responsible for: + Analysing customer traffic, tailor detection algorithms for maximum accuracy, and optimize configurations. + Collaborating with internal teams to implement detection enhancements and advocate for customer priorities. + Debugging production issues, conducting root cause analysis, and proposing enhancements. + Improving our tooling to identify proactively accuracy issues and facilitate traffic analysis. **Do what you love** To be successful in this role you will: + Have relevant work experience. + Be comfortable with data analysis techniques (Pandas, Polars, NumPy, SQL) and foundational knowledge of statistics. + Love digging into large datasets to identify patterns and showcasing innovative problem-solving skills. + Have good communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams and interest in cybersecurity. **Work in a way that works for you** FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply. Learn (https://www.akamai.com/careers) what makes Akamai a great place to work Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! **We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.** At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here. **Working for you** At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life: + Your health + Your finances + Your family + Your time at work + Your time pursuing other endeavors Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future. **About us** Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. **Join us** Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!