Senior Global Network Architect — Remote

Akamai Career Site; United States; On-site; USD 139,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Network Architect to lead design and deployment of global network infrastructure. You will architect, document, and support solutions, partnering with vendors to scale points of presence worldwide and define standards for deployments and documentation.

You possess 12+ years of complex network experience, deep routing protocol knowledge, and hands-on automation expertise to drive large-scale traffic engineering and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 12 years relevant experience in complex networks and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent experience
• Expert level experience building and deploying infrastructure, automation tooling and distributed systems that handle large scale network traffic
• Demonstrate expert technical knowledge of core routing protocols, including BGP, MPLS, ISIS, and Segment Routing for global traffic engineering
• Possess Juniper hardware and software expertise
• Demonstrate technical and commercial knowledge of Internet network topology and architecture, IP routing, and CDN platforms
• Be a highly organized self-starter who is comfortable working with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Architecting, documenting, building and supporting solutions that foster efficient and streamlined processes
• Working with vendors and internal organizations to build out large points of presence across the globe
• Designing large scale connectivity solutions including carrier transport solutions, dark fiber, and DWDM
• Collaborating with the cross-functional teams on standards and processes for deployments and updating documentation accordingly
• Developing router configuration standards for complex global networks

Skills

12+ years exp

BGP

MPLS

ISIS

Segment Routing

Juniper gear

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Network automation tools

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior Network Architect to lead design and deployment of global network infrastructure. You will architect, document, and support solutions, partnering with vendors to scale points of presence worldwide and define standards for deployments and documentation.

You possess 12+ years of complex network experience, deep routing protocol knowledge, and hands-on automation expertise to drive large-scale traffic engineering and distributed systems.