Senior Cloud Data Architect — Scalable & Highly Available

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

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Architect to design scalable, secure cloud and data architectures and to guide engineers in building modern data platforms.

You will evaluate technologies, craft production-ready designs, and act as the database SME for PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MongoDB while enabling reliable, globally distributed services. The role emphasizes hands-on development, technical direction, and collaboration with product and SRE partners to deliver high-quality cloud

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field.
• Experience developing reusable infrastructure using Terraform modules and templates.
• Ability to develop scripts in Python, Go, Bash, or similar.
• Deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience with Redis and in-memory/key-value tech.
• Understanding of distributed data systems for horizontal scalability and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, resilient cloud and data architectures.
• Evaluate cloud technologies for new platform capabilities and services.
• Serve as SME for database architectures including PostgreSQL and Oracle.
• Design highly available, replicated, clustered, and geographically distributed database architectures.
• Build prototypes, proofs of concept, and reference implementations.
• Convert prototypes into production-ready designs.

Skills

Terraform

Python/Go/Bash

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Redis

Distributed data systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Architect to design scalable, secure cloud and data architectures and to guide engineers in building modern data platforms.

You will evaluate technologies, craft production-ready designs, and act as the database SME for PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MongoDB while enabling reliable, globally distributed services. The role emphasizes hands-on development, technical direction, and collaboration with product and SRE partners to deliver high-quality cloud