Remote Senior Cloud & Microservices Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 186,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for an Architect role with multiple openings in Cambridge, MA. This position focuses on driving end-to-end architectural designs, ensuring availability, reliability, performance, and security across platform components.

Collaborate with development teams to implement designs, build consensus on architectural decisions, and design deployments, databases, control plane, and platform security. Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• 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 bachelor’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.

Responsibilities

• 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 ensuring compliance with FIPS, SOC2, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and GDPR.
• Managing data storage and backup solutions with Restic, Rclone.
• Infrastructure-as-code design 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 integrations.
• Managing full product lifecycle in agile environments.

Skills

Architecting microservices

Multi-cloud strategy

Go

Java

C#/.NET

Databases

Security standards

Zero-Trust

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab/GitHub

Monitoring

Prometheus

Datadog

AI solutions

Agile delivery

Education

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering (or equivalent)

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering (or equivalent)

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MariaDB

BoltDB

Redis

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for an Architect role with multiple openings in Cambridge, MA. This position focuses on driving end-to-end architectural designs, ensuring availability, reliability, performance, and security across platform components.

Collaborate with development teams to implement designs, build consensus on architectural decisions, and design deployments, databases, control plane, and platform security. Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere in the United States.