Senior Zero Trust Enablement Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 127,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai's Enterprise Security Group is seeking a Senior Technical Enablement Architect to empower technical pre-sales teams and accelerate revenue around Zero Trust, SASE/SSE, and AI security. You will create trainings and content with Product Management and Marketing, update Sales Engineers, and serve as the primary technical POC for complex customer inquiries and RFIs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in presales or related fields, with deep cloud, security, and networking

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 5+ years in presales, SE, or related roles.
• Deep understanding of Zero Trust, microsegmentation, SASE/SSE architectures, and cybersecurity trends.
• Experience with AI security and governance for AI workloads.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to articulate product value to executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing updates to the pre-sales community on roadmap and product lifecycle.
• Collaborate to create and deliver impactful training and technical content.
• Serve as primary technical POC for Sales Engineers on inquiries and RFIs/RFPs.
• Analyze feature requests and communicate field feedback to Product Management.
• Guide field teams in designing solutions for complex POCs and strategic deals.
• Develop and maintain product demos with TME and SE teams.
• Translate complex capabilities into business value narratives for senior executives.

Skills

Presales

Sales engineering

Solution architecture

Product management

Professional services

Customer success

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Akamai's Enterprise Security Group is seeking a Senior Technical Enablement Architect to empower technical pre-sales teams and accelerate revenue around Zero Trust, SASE/SSE, and AI security. You will create trainings and content with Product Management and Marketing, update Sales Engineers, and serve as the primary technical POC for complex customer inquiries and RFIs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in presales or related fields, with deep cloud, security, and networking