Senior Cloud & Edge Solutions Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales technical engagements, design cloud and edge solutions, and guide customers from discovery through deployment.

You will collaborate with sales, product, and partners to drive innovation and customer success. Ideal candidates have extensive cloud architecture experience, certification in major platforms, and hands-on skills across Kubernetes, networking, databases, and DevOps tooling.

Qualifications

• 8 yrs of experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or related engineering roles.
• Extensive customer-facing experience in cloud-related environments.
• Experience architecting IaaS solutions for customers; professional certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales support, own the technical sales opportunity from discovery to deployment.
• Collaborate with sales, product, services, marketing, and partners.
• Lead innovation, promote trends, and influence the product roadmap.
• Build technical leadership in Akamai Cloud/Linode to support business growth.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud networking

Databases

Storage

AI

IaC/CI/CD tooling

Gaming/Media-streaming tech

Open-source software

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ASW certification

GCP/Azure/Oracle/CNCF certifications

Terraform

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales technical engagements, design cloud and edge solutions, and guide customers from discovery through deployment.

You will collaborate with sales, product, and partners to drive innovation and customer success. Ideal candidates have extensive cloud architecture experience, certification in major platforms, and hands-on skills across Kubernetes, networking, databases, and DevOps tooling.