Principal Network Architect - Automate & Scale Networking

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Network Architect to lead SRE-style development for a scalable global connectivity platform. You will guide software engineering and reliability, architect scalable infrastructure, and mentor teams across the organization.

You will drive automation, establish telemetry and observability stacks, and promote best practices in CI/CD and SDLC, while guiding capacity planning and cost optimization across edge systems.

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Demonstrate 10+ years of experience in network and software engineering.
• Possess expert proficiency in Python, Ansible, Kubernetes and Source of Truth platforms.
• Thrive in an ever-changing environment with rapidly evolving requirements, adapting quickly and leading with a focus on agility.
• Showcase proven expertise in large-scale IP routing and network fabric architectures.
• Display experience designing cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code deployment frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Leading the architectural design and development software supporting Akamai's global connectivity platform.
• Driving software-defined automation to eliminate operational toil and improve network infrastructure reliability.
• Establishing cutting-edge telemetry systems and observability stacks for real-time monitoring of global network traffic and security services.
• Championing software engineering best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and SDLC standards across multidisciplinary architecture and engineering teams.
• Steering capacity planning strategies and cost optimization across distributed routing, fabric, and edge security systems.

Skills

Python

Ansible

Kubernetes

Source of Truth

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Network Architect to lead SRE-style development for a scalable global connectivity platform. You will guide software engineering and reliability, architect scalable infrastructure, and mentor teams across the organization.

You will drive automation, establish telemetry and observability stacks, and promote best practices in CI/CD and SDLC, while guiding capacity planning and cost optimization across edge systems.