Senior Cloud & Edge Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Company holidays

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales, architect cloud and edge solutions, and partner with sales, product, and customer teams to drive adoption.

You will need 8+ years in technical pre-sales or solutions architecture, certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle or CNCF, and hands-on Kubernetes and cloud tooling with strong communication skills for diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical pre-sales or solutions architecture.
• Experience architecting IaaS solutions for customers.
• Hold professional certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle and/or CNCF.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, cloud networking, databases, storage, or AI tech stacks.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales support and own technical sales opportunities from discovery to deployment.
• Collaborate with sales, product, professional services, marketing, and partners.
• Lead innovation, identify trends, and influence the product roadmap.
• Develop technical expertise and thought leadership in Akamai Cloud/Linode.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Solutions architecture

Cloud platforms

Customer-facing

IaaS architecture

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Open-source

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Apache Web Server

MySQL/PostgreSQL

Redis

Nginx

Terraform

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales, architect cloud and edge solutions, and partner with sales, product, and customer teams to drive adoption.

You will need 8+ years in technical pre-sales or solutions architecture, certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle or CNCF, and hands-on Kubernetes and cloud tooling with strong communication skills for diverse audiences.