Senior Cloud Platform Architect & Strategy Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the transformation of our cloud infrastructure. You will design foundational solutions, drive alignment across multiple engineering teams, and champion a unified cloud platform strategy to power all Akamai cloud products.

You will engage with partners and internal stakeholders, providing high-level guidance and hands-on input to execute on the platform roadmap and ensure secure, reliable, and scalable systems across the globe.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience in large-scale distributed systems architecture.
• Experience designing architectures for cloud platforms and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead evolution of Akamai's cloud infrastructure and platform services across engineering teams.
• Define architectures that move toward a unified cloud platform vision.
• Socialize strategic decisions across product lines and teams to align platforms.
• Engage with external partners and stakeholders to drive platform evolution goals.
• Ensure architecture aligns with product goals and roadmaps.
• Provide leadership through guidance and hands-on design as needed.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Cloud platforms

Architectural leadership

Networking protocols

Security principles

SaaS/PaaS/IaaS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the transformation of our cloud infrastructure. You will design foundational solutions, drive alignment across multiple engineering teams, and champion a unified cloud platform strategy to power all Akamai cloud products.

You will engage with partners and internal stakeholders, providing high-level guidance and hands-on input to execute on the platform roadmap and ensure secure, reliable, and scalable systems across the globe.