Senior Cloud & Edge Solutions Architect (Remote/Hybrid)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Augusta (ME); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales and architect cloud/edge solutions for customers.

You will work with sales, product managers, and partners to drive innovation and customer success across Akamai Cloud/Linode. The role requires deep expertise in multiple domains, strong communication skills, and a track record in delivering IaaS architectures using open-source and commercial tools.

Qualifications

• 8 yrs experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or related engineering roles and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Hands-on customer-facing experience in cloud-related roles.
• Architecting IaaS solutions with professional certifications (AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle and/or CNCF).
• Hands-on skills across Kubernetes, cloud networking, databases, storage, AI, IaC/CI/CD tooling, gaming, or media-streaming tech stacks.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales support, manage technical sales opportunities from discovery to deployment and adoption.
• Collaborate with sales, product, professional services, marketing, and partners.
• Lead innovation in solutions and influence the global product roadmap.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

Solutions architecture

Kubernetes

Cloud networking

Databases

IaC/CI/CD tooling

Open-source tooling

Communication skills

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Nginx

MySQL/PostgreSQL

Redis

Apache Web Server

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to lead pre-sales and architect cloud/edge solutions for customers.

You will work with sales, product managers, and partners to drive innovation and customer success across Akamai Cloud/Linode. The role requires deep expertise in multiple domains, strong communication skills, and a track record in delivering IaaS architectures using open-source and commercial tools.