Principal Cloud Platform Architect (Remote/Hybrid)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of its cloud infrastructure and platform services.

You will design foundational solutions that power Akamai's cloud products, guiding multiple engineering teams and ensuring security, reliability and operability across our global platform. You will collaborate with architects, engage external partners, and drive consensus on long-term technical strategy while contributing hands-on design as needed to execute the

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Experience designing architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
• High availability and security/operability objectives experience.
• Knowledge of Internet protocols and computer security.
• Cloud workload management and control plane paradigms experience.
• SaaS/PaaS/IaaS with public cloud experience.
• Ability to evaluate and justify technology choices.
• Modernizing system designs for enterprise-scale scalability.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical improvements for cloud platform roadmap.
• Collaborate to define architectures toward a unified cloud platform vision.
• Socialize and build consensus on long-term technical strategy across teams.
• Engage external partners and stakeholders to achieve platform goals.
• Ensure architecture aligns with product goals across engineering teams.
• Provide leadership through guidance and hands-on design as needed.

Skills

Architectural design

Distributed systems

High availability

Security & reliability

Networking protocols

Cloud workload management

Public cloud experience

Technology evaluation

System modernization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the evolution of its cloud infrastructure and platform services.

You will design foundational solutions that power Akamai's cloud products, guiding multiple engineering teams and ensuring security, reliability and operability across our global platform. You will collaborate with architects, engage external partners, and drive consensus on long-term technical strategy while contributing hands-on design as needed to execute the