Are you passionate about designing cutting-edge cloud solutions?
Do you enjoy working with a diverse, global team of technical experts?
Join our Global Technical Solutions Architecture team!
Akamai is working to simplify the way people work in the cloud. The team's mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable for all. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable developers to build next generation edge native applications.
Shape the future of the Internet
As a Senior II TSA, you'll be at the forefront of Akamai's cloud and edge computing initiatives. You will work directly with customers to architect and implement transformative solutions. You'll collaborate with sales teams, product managers, and partners to drive innovation and customer success.
As a Senior II Technical Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for:
- Leading technical discovery and solution design for enterprise customers across cloud computing, edge technologies, and streaming platforms.
- Designing and demonstrating proof-of-concept implementations using Akamai's technology stack.
- Driving customer adoption through technical workshops, hackathons, and enablement sessions.
- Creating technical content including blogs, documentation, and reference architectures.
- Influencing the product roadmap by advocating for the customer needs and market trends.
- Providing technical leadership in specialized domains such as edge computing, distributed systems, or media streaming.
- Collaborating with qualified compute partners (QCPs) to deliver integrated solutions.
- Developing and presenting at technical conferences and customer events.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- 12yrs experience and a Bachelors degree in computer science, MIS, engineering, or its equivalent.
- Demonstrate expertise in cloud computing platforms and architectures.
- Have a background in distributed systems and edge computing.
- Demonstrate experience with modern development practices and tools (Kubernetes/container orchestration, edge computing/CDN technologies, streaming media, distributed databases/systems).
- Have excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
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.
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.
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.
