Senior Web Performance Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Company holidays

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States invites a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to design solutions for web performance customers and lead technical pre-sales discussions from a go-to-market perspective.

You will collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to influence product design, support complex Proofs of Concept, and guide strategic opportunities while mentoring Pre-Sales teams.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in customer-facing environments.
• Experience in technical pre-sales working directly with customers.
• Proven experience with proxy architectures, malware, endpoint protections, and threat mitigation techniques.
• Demonstrated expertise with TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, APIs, CI/CD and cloud computing architectures.
• Experience with DNS, Enterprise architectures, Cloud Security, SAML and OIDC, IdPs, Authentication and Authorization.
• Strong communication skills; able to present technical and business topics to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and customer conversations in selling web performance products from a technical go-to-market perspective.
• Support strategic opportunities and accounts as a Pre-Sales technology specialist and technical escalation point.
• Contribute as a subject matter expert in one or more web performance products.
• Assist Solutions Engineer teams with complex Proof of Concepts and escalated technical discussions.
• Influence product design and roadmaps in cloud/edge computing and DevOps domains.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to shape new product features.
• Lead Pre-Sales SME enablement groups in specialized domains.
• Provide guidance on competitive differentiation to internal teams.

Skills

TCP/IP

HTTP/HTTPS

DNS

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud computing

Cloud architecture

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States invites a Senior Technical Solutions Architect to design solutions for web performance customers and lead technical pre-sales discussions from a go-to-market perspective.

You will collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to influence product design, support complex Proofs of Concept, and guide strategic opportunities while mentoring Pre-Sales teams.