Senior Cloud Architect: Compute Virtualization

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

Job summary

A Senior Architect at Akamai Cloud will shape the design of our Compute Platform, embedding with engineering teams to build scalable, fault-tolerant IaaS and Kubernetes-based services. You will own the architecture, validate designs with PoCs, and collaborate with product leaders to steer the roadmap.

You will apply deep knowledge of operating systems, virtualization, containers, and cloud-native tools, mentoring peers and guiding cloud infrastructure decisions at scale.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience or more.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Extensive experience building and operating large-scale distributed production services.
• Strong knowledge of OS, virtualization, and kernel concepts.
• Proficiency with containers and related tooling (systemd, Docker, containerd, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Linux, Go, Python, Bash.

Responsibilities

• Own system design and implementation across the Compute platform.
• Build proofs of concept to drive design decisions.
• Collaborate with product managers and architects on roadmap.
• Contribute to engineering roadmap with stakeholders.
• Develop best practices and mentor team members.
• Work with Agile teams to deliver in iterative cycles.

Skills

Operating Systems

Hypervisors

Virtual Machines

Containers

Go

Python

Bash

Linux internals

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud-Native

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

qemu

kvm

Cilium

Docker

containerd

Kubernetes

Job description

A Senior Architect at Akamai Cloud will shape the design of our Compute Platform, embedding with engineering teams to build scalable, fault-tolerant IaaS and Kubernetes-based services. You will own the architecture, validate designs with PoCs, and collaborate with product leaders to steer the roadmap.

You will apply deep knowledge of operating systems, virtualization, containers, and cloud-native tools, mentoring peers and guiding cloud infrastructure decisions at scale.