Senior Technical Solutions Architect

Job Description

Do you enjoy designing and building public cloud solutions for customers?

Do you enjoy working with a diverse multi‑national team of engineering talents?

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 applications.

You'll play an integral part of the sales lifecycle & support pre‑sales, defining Cloud/Linode solutions as a technology specialist. You will guide customers through strategic & technical aspects of Cloud transformation to drive Linode services consumption. You’ll also be the thought‑leader in cloud computing both outside and within Akamai.

• Driving new Linode customer acquisition and account growth as public cloud pre‑sales, collaborating with sales on technical aspects.
• Driving customer success and continuous consumption of Linode, as part of the integrated account team.
• Leading solution & product innovation initiatives. Evangelize APJ use cases/technologies & influence product roadmap with product managers.
• Building technical thought‑leadership in Cloud Computing/Linode to support overall Akamai APJ business growth.

• Have 7 years of professional experience including 5 years in customer‑facing technical roles with a cloud/hosting firm.
• Demonstrate successful experience in architecting IaaS solutions & possess professional level certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle and/or CNCF.
• Demonstrate hands‑on skills in three or more domains:
  Kubernetes, cloud networking, database, storage, AI & GPU, IaC/CI/CD tooling, gaming or media streaming tech stack.
• Demonstrate knowledge and hands‑on skills in open source software including Apache Web Server, MySQL/Postgre
  
  SQL, Redis, Nginx, Terraform.
• Demonstrate excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including communicating complex technical content to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Have cloud professional service delivery experience; ideally.

Flex Base, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that help us create the best workplace in the world. Flex Base gives 95% of employees the choice to work from home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, helping us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

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 keeping experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

At Akamai, we are curious, innovative, collaborative, and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and 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.

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!

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