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Senior Security Sales Specialist (Gulf)
Akamai
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Job Description Would you like to work in a dynamic sales-growth role? Do you love collaborating across teams to deliver customer success? Join our Enterprise Security Team! Our Enterprise Division is responsible for selling Enterprise Security, Application Access products and Host based Network segmentation. Our goal is to navigate an evolution within customers to a more secure, dynamic and agile infrastructure. This relates to our Zero Trust architectures. Collaborating with our enterprise sales, internal teams and our external Channel Partners is key for our Go-to-Market in the Gulf Region About the Team Our Enterprise Security team focuses on the development and selling of our Host based Network segmentation solution. Host based Network segmentation is key to protect customers against Ransomware threats in a changing hybrid I.T. environment. Our goal is to secure Enterprise environments with our agile solution. As a Security Sales Specialist, you will be responsible for: Driving the Enterprise Security agenda internally and externally. Being a leader in driving the Enterprise Security agenda internally and externally Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have experience leading high performance sales teams within a matrixed organization. Have direct sales experience and be able to demonstrate C level access and engagement. Able to work with our Channel Partners and continue successful collaboration. Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills. Have knowledge in: Micro-Segmentation (ex. Cisco Tetration, VMware NSX), Firewall, Data Center Technology, Zero Trust / SASE Technology area. Be fluent in both Arabic and English. 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. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! Job Info Job Identification 3970 Job Category Major Accounts Posting Date 11/10/2026 Locations Arenco Tower, Al Safouh 2, Unit No.1704, 17th Floor, Dubai, Dubai, 74597, AE (Remote)