Would you like to empower organizations to protect their API Ecosystems?
Would you like to be a trusted advisor for cutting-edge API discovery, threat mitigation and posture management?
Join our Enterprise Security Solution Engineering Group!
This role bridges technology and business. Combining deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to create real-world value for our clients.
Partner with the best
You'll engage with enterprise customers, shaping their API security strategies and act as an SME. We engage customers and internal teams, ensuring the highest level of understanding and excellence in API security.
As a Principal Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Owning the technical sales lifecycle, including discovery, solution design, and delivery of compelling product demonstrations.
- Translating complex technical concepts into practical/impactful use cases for diverse audiences from technical engineers to C-level executives.
- Serving as the go-to expert on API security for customers, internal teams, and partners.
- Educating sales teams and other stakeholders on API security trends, threats, and best practices.
- Acting as the technical point of contact for customers during their pre-sales journey, ensuring success and satisfaction.
- Gathering customer requirements and work closely with product and engineering teams to align solutions to customer needs.
- Presenting Akamai's API security vision and best practices at industry conferences, webinars, and customer workshops.
- Partnering with sales, product management, and engineering teams to drive alignment and continuously improve the customer experience.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 12yrs of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or it's equivalent.
- Have excellent knowledge of APIs, API gateways, web application firewalls (WAF), and API security practices.
- Have proven experience in a technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or related role in cybersecurity or API-related fields.
- Display proficiency in internet technologies, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, and RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and more.
- Possess hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Bash.
- Display familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native architectures.
- Have experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.
- Possess exceptional presentation skills and ability to explain complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical 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.
