Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Remote

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Company holidays

PTO / Vacation

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Join Akamai Technologies, Inc. as a Principal Architect in the Cloud Technology Group. You will lead the evolution of Akamai's cloud platform, defining foundational solutions and driving initiatives across multiple engineering teams.

You will socialize strategy, collaborate with partners, and provide hands-on design leadership to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure. The role demands 12+ years of distributed systems architecture experience, strong knowledge of cloud

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Experience designing architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with high availability software systems and security/operability objectives.
• Knowledge of Internet protocols (routing, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and computer security (TLS, VPN).
• Expertise in cloud workload management and control plane paradigms.
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with public cloud offerings.
• Experience evaluating technology choices and refactoring system designs for enterprise-grade scalability.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical improvements for the cloud platform roadmap.
• Collaborate with solution-specific architects to define architectures toward a unified vision.
• Socialize and build consensus on technology strategy across product lines and teams.
• Engage with external partners and stakeholders to achieve platform goals.
• Work with engineering to align cloud platform architecture with product goals.
• Provide leadership through guidance and hands-on design as needed.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platform design

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Stakeholder management

Networking & security

Public cloud familiarity

System modernization

Architecture documentation

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Join Akamai Technologies, Inc. as a Principal Architect in the Cloud Technology Group. You will lead the evolution of Akamai's cloud platform, defining foundational solutions and driving initiatives across multiple engineering teams.

You will socialize strategy, collaborate with partners, and provide hands-on design leadership to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure. The role demands 12+ years of distributed systems architecture experience, strong knowledge of cloud