Cloud Compute Architect: SDLC & CI/CD Innovation Lead

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Architect - Cloud Compute to lead architecture and design for the Compute SDLC, collaborating with global engineering teams to create reliable, scalable software delivery processes across cloud infrastructure.

You will define long-term platform strategies, drive automation, and guide design patterns while ensuring deployment visibility, security, and efficiency across distributed environments.

Qualifications

• Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Have experience leading the architectural design of SDLC processes, CI/CD pipelines, and software-defined automation.
• Be familiar with Kubernetes, cloud-native container ecosystems, hypervisors, and associated supporting infrastructure technologies.

Responsibilities

• Creating and refining system-wide SDLC processes to enhance platform scalability, reliability, and deployment visibility across engineering teams.
• Coordinating the design of critical integration points to enable comprehensive views of software versioning and global deployment operations.
• Providing technical guidance on design patterns while aligning stakeholders on long-term platform strategies and software architecture.
• Architecting solutions for shared SDLC workflows and conducting system reviews across Compute and related cloud infrastructure.
• Evaluating and developing frameworks to perform due diligence on the SDLC maturity and infrastructure of potential acquisition targets.
• Identifying tools and defining metrics to ensure products meet monitoring, patching, and regulatory compliance standards.

Skills

SDLC architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Architect - Cloud Compute to lead architecture and design for the Compute SDLC, collaborating with global engineering teams to create reliable, scalable software delivery processes across cloud infrastructure.

You will define long-term platform strategies, drive automation, and guide design patterns while ensuring deployment visibility, security, and efficiency across distributed environments.