Senior Systems Architect — Cloud & Edge, Remote-Ready

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Architect to design, develop and maintain high‑reliability systems for Akamai's Connected Cloud of 300k+ servers worldwide, with a focus on automation, scalability and reliability.

You will collaborate with product management and engineering to align solutions with Akamai's strategy, present architectural designs to cross‑functional teams, define standards for development and testing, and pursue robust, secure, and scalable

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in distributed system architecture design and implementation.
• Proven ability to present and defend architectural and security designs to cross-functional teams.
• Experience with software development life cycle in Unix/Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Describe and design solutions aligned with Akamai's strategy and roadmap.
• Present architectural designs to cross-functional teams.
• Define standards for systems design, testing and QA practices.
• Design reliable, scalable, highly available software for the business.
• Research emerging trends in network operations and automation.

Skills

Distributed systems

Architecture design

Security design

Unix/Linux

Presenting architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Architect to design, develop and maintain high‑reliability systems for Akamai's Connected Cloud of 300k+ servers worldwide, with a focus on automation, scalability and reliability.

You will collaborate with product management and engineering to align solutions with Akamai's strategy, present architectural designs to cross‑functional teams, define standards for development and testing, and pursue robust, secure, and scalable