Architect

Akamai Technologies GmbH; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telecommuting

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the role of Architect in Cambridge, MA. Drive innovative solutions for platform components and services powering Akamai products.

Create end-to-end architectural designs focusing on availability, reliability, performance, security, and scalability. Collaborate with development teams to implement designs, build consensus on architecture, and design deployment, database, and platform security solutions.

Qualifications

• Master’s or equivalent in a relevant field with four years’ experience in architecture roles.
• Four years of microservices, multi-cloud, Go/Java/C#/.NET, and database work.
• Experience with security/compliance: FIPS, SOC2, FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR.
• Experience with IaC: Terraform/Ansible/Helm and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven track record delivering agile product lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end architectural designs for platform components.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement designs.
• Ensure availability, reliability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Prototype new product ideas and lead AI solution implementations.

Skills

Architecting microservices

Multi-cloud strategies

Go/Java/.NET

Databases

Security/compliance

Data storage/backup

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools

AI solution implementations

Agile product lifecycle

Education

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in CS/SE/CE/EE/ME/IS/IT/Telecom

Bachelor’s degree + 6 years experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

OCI

Wasabi

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Redis

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

GitLab/Github

Prometheus/Datadog

Job description

Job Title: Architect
Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Job Description:

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Architect Drive innovative solutions for suite of platform components and services that power Akamai product offerings. Create end-to-end architectural designs, focusing on meeting defined objectives around availability, reliability, performance, security, and scalability. Collaborate with development teams to implement designs. Build consensus around architectural decisions to provide stable and secure platform. Design solutions for software and configuration deployments, database, control plane, and platform security. Program prototypes of new product ideas and concepts. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the United States. AG1450

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Required Qualification:

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Telecommunications Engineering, plus four (4) years of experience in the Job offered or closely related technical role. Alternatively, will accept bachelors’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Telecommunications Engineering, plus six (6) years of experience in the Job offered or closely related technical role.

Must have: Four (4) years of experience with the following: Architecting microservices solutions; Implementing multi-cloud strategies with Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, and Wasabi; Developing software in Go, Java, and C#/.NET; Working with databases including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, BoltDB, and Redis; Implementing security solutions like Zero-Trust Encryption and working on organizational compliance initiatives for FIPS, SOC2, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and GDPR; Managing data storage and backup solutions using Restic, Rclone; Designing solutions for infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, Ansible, and Helm; Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, Github; Monitoring system performance with Prometheus and Datadog; Leading AI solution implementations for chatbots, knowledge bases and other integrations; and Managing full product lifecycle from conceptualization to delivery in agile environments.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we’re the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world’s most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world’s biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world’s most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don’t just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we’re the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai:

We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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Akamai’s FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It’s not about telling employees where to work; it’s about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $186,160 - $263,600 /year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.