Senior Technical Solutions Architect

Akamai Technologies; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading cloud services provider in Germany is seeking a Technical Solutions Architect to drive new customer acquisition and account growth. You will support pre-sales efforts and oversee solution and product innovation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in customer-facing technical roles and solid skills in architecting IaaS solutions. This position offers flexible working options to help you thrive in your career while balancing personal commitments.

Leistungen

Flexible working options

Health benefits

Financial benefits

Qualifikationen

• 7 years of professional experience, including 5 years in a customer-facing technical role.
• Successful experience in architecting IaaS solutions.
• Hands-on skills in Kubernetes, cloud networking, and CI/CD tooling.

Aufgaben

• Drive new Linode customer acquisition and account growth.
• Support pre-sales with technical aspects of Cloud transformation.
• Lead solution and product innovation initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Customer-facing technical role experience

Architecting IaaS solutions

Hands-on skills in Kubernetes

Knowledge of Apache Web Server

Excellent verbal and written communication

Ausbildung

Professional-level certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle

Tools

Terraform

MySQL/PostgreSQL

Redis

Nginx

Jobbeschreibung

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?

Join the Technical Solutions Architect 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 applications.

Shape the future of the internet

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.

As a Technical Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for:

• 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.

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 7 years of professional experience including 5 years in a customer‑facing technical role 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/PostgreSQL, 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 is ideal

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.

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Benefits

• 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.

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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!