Senior Cloud Compute Architect - Virtualization

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

Job summary

A senior architect at Akamai Technologies, Inc. will own the system design and help guide engineering for a Cloud Infrastructure platform that powers our IaaS and containerized services.

The role emphasizes operating systems, hypervisors, virtualization, and cloud-native technologies, with hands-on architecture work embedded in engineering teams, mentoring, and shaping the roadmap in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Extensive experience building and operating highly available, fault-tolerant, large-scale distributed production services using virtualization and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own the system design and implementation, guiding engineering while aligning with the big picture.
• Build proof of concepts to evaluate design choices and technologies.
• Collaborate with product managers and architects to inform product direction.
• Shape the engineering roadmap with management and stakeholders.
• Develop best practices, share knowledge, and mentor team members.
• Collaborate with engineering teams in an Agile environment to drive innovative solutions and rapid development.

Skills

Linux

Kernel

Hypervisor

Go

Python

Bash

Containers

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

qemu

kvm

Cilium

Docker

containerd

systemd

Job description

A senior architect at Akamai Technologies, Inc. will own the system design and help guide engineering for a Cloud Infrastructure platform that powers our IaaS and containerized services.

The role emphasizes operating systems, hypervisors, virtualization, and cloud-native technologies, with hands-on architecture work embedded in engineering teams, mentoring, and shaping the roadmap in an Agile environment.