Senior Cloud Architect - Data Services

Akamai; United States; Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K / retirement plan

ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Architect to design and guide scalable, secure cloud data architectures. You will lead efforts on high-availability databases, distributed data systems, and cutting-edge infrastructure patterns while mentoring engineers and aligning with product and SRE partners.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, proof-of-concept work, and the ability to translate prototypes into production-ready solutions across global platforms.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, another related field or its equivalent.
• Expertise in developing reusable infrastructure using Terraform modules, templates, and deployment patterns.
• Demonstrate ability to develop scripts and automation using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
• Have deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, and MongoDB.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience with in-memory and key-value technologies like Redis and Valkey.
• Have understanding of distributed data systems designed for horizontal scalability and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and highly available cloud and data architectures.
• Evaluate cloud technologies and determine suitability for new platform capabilities and services.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for database architectures including PostgreSQL and Oracle.
• Design highly available, replicated, clustered, and geographically distributed database architectures.
• Build prototypes, proof of concepts, and reference implementations to validate scalability and security.
• Convert successful prototypes into repeatable architecture patterns and production-ready designs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Automation

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/MIS or related

Tools

Terraform

Python

Go

Bash

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Redis

Valkey

Job description

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?

Do you enjoy working with a diverse multinational team of engineering talents?

Join our Cloud Data Services Team!

Our Cloud Data Services team designs, builds, and operates high-reliability, high-scale data services and pipelines powering core Akamai platform capabilities. The team owns systems ingesting, processing, and serving high-volume, high-velocity data. We maintain strict requirements around availability, consistency, and performance.

Partner with the best

You will join a global team delivering high-quality cloud architectures. You will balance designing systems, coaching engineers, clarifying requirements, and driving execution. You will ensure alignment with product and SRE partners. Your role focuses on technical direction and hands-on development.

As a Senior Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Designing scalable, secure, resilient, and highly available cloud and data architectures
• Evaluating cloud technologies and determining suitability for new platform capabilities and services
• Serving as a subject matter expert for database architectures including PostgreSQL and Oracle
• Designing highly available, replicated, clustered, and geographically distributed database architectures
• Building prototypes, proof of concepts, and reference implementations to validate scalability and security
• Converting successful prototypes into repeatable architecture patterns and production-ready designs

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, another related field or its equivalent
• Possess expertise in developing reusable infrastructure using Terraform modules, templates, and deployment patterns
• Demonstrate ability to develop scripts and automation using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages
• Have deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, and MongoDB
• Demonstrate hands-on experience with in-memory and key-value technologies like Redis and Valkey
• Have understanding of distributed data systems designed for horizontal scalability and high availability

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai:

We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.

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We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $169,300 - $304,700/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.