Senior Cloud Data Architect — Scalable & Secure Platforms

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Juneau (AK); Presencial; USD 169.000 - 305.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Descripción de la vacante

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Architect to lead the Cloud Data Services team in building high‑reliability, high‑scale data services. You will shape scalable cloud architectures, drive technical direction, and collaborate with product and SRE partners to deliver secure, performant platforms.

The role combines hands‑on development with strategic design, mentoring engineers, and turning prototypes into production solutions for the Akamai platform.

Formación

• 12 years of relevant experience in cloud data architectures.
• Experience developing reusable infrastructure with Terraform modules and templates.
• Ability to script and automate using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
• Deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB).
• Hands-on experience with in-memory and key-value tech (Redis, Valkey).
• Understanding distributed data systems designed for horizontal scalability and high availability.

Responsabilidades

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

Conocimientos

Python

Go

Bash

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or related field

Herramientas

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Redis

Valkey

Descripción del empleo

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Architect to lead the Cloud Data Services team in building high‑reliability, high‑scale data services. You will shape scalable cloud architectures, drive technical direction, and collaborate with product and SRE partners to deliver secure, performant platforms.

The role combines hands‑on development with strategic design, mentoring engineers, and turning prototypes into production solutions for the Akamai platform.