Cloud Solutions Architect II - Pre-Sales & Innovation

Akamai Technologies; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Technical Solutions Architect to drive public cloud pre-sales, guide customers through cloud transformations, and lead technical initiatives. You will evangelize cloud computing, contribute to product roadmaps, and build thought leadership across APJ.

Join a multinational team and shape the future of cloud-based solutions with Linode services, collaborating with sales and engineering to accelerate adoption and consumption.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in customer-facing technical roles with cloud/hosting providers.
• Experience architecting complex IaaS solutions.
• Professional architect-level AWS/GCP certifications.
• Hands-on skills in Kubernetes, cloud networking, databases, storage, AI & GPU, IaC/CI/CD tooling.
• Familiarity with open source stacks (Apache Web Server, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx, Terraform).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to convey technical content to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive new Linode customer acquisition and account growth as public cloud pre-sales, collaborating with sales on technical aspects.
• Drive customer success and 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.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP certifications

IaC/CI/CD tooling

Open source tech

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Tools

Terraform

Nginx

Redis

Apache Web Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Technical Solutions Architect to drive public cloud pre-sales, guide customers through cloud transformations, and lead technical initiatives. You will evangelize cloud computing, contribute to product roadmaps, and build thought leadership across APJ.

Join a multinational team and shape the future of cloud-based solutions with Linode services, collaborating with sales and engineering to accelerate adoption and consumption.