Strategy & Operations Analyst II

Akamai; United States; Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare

401K/retirement

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Strategy & Operations Analyst II to partner with the Cloud Technology Group, turning data into actionable insights. You will model data, build dashboards, and collaborate with Networks, Finance, and regional planning teams to enable data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes self-serve reporting, scalable analytics, and clear stakeholder communication. You will work across data sources, develop pipelines, and contribute to dashboards using Tableau while leveraging AI tools to

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience in business intelligence, data engineering, or data analytics.
• Solid working knowledge of SQL with experience querying and analyzing large datasets.
• Proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets for basic analysis and QA tasks and experience with data and system integrations.
• Experience creating dashboards in data visualization tools like Tableau.
• Experience using AI developer tools like Copilot or Claude in day-to-day operations.
• Strong communication skills to translate requirements and share findings with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with Network Infrastructure and Colocation teams to gather requirements and understand key business metrics.
• Automating reporting and enabling self-serve functionalities to provide visibility into key metrics.
• Assisting in building and maintaining data pipelines and models to support analytics use cases.
• Writing queries and combining data from various sources.
• Communicating insights to stakeholders through visualizations and reports.

Skills

SQL

Excel/Sheets

Tableau

AI tools Copilot/Claude

Communication

Cloud data warehouses Snowflake/BigQ/​

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Copilot/Claude

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

Do strategic analytics excite you?

Do you like collaborating across teams to deliver operational excellence?

Join our team

Our Business Operations, Data & Analytics team partners with the Cloud Technology Group (CTG) to meet customer needs. We empower the business to make smarter, data-driven decisions. We standardize, automate, and govern data, analytics, and reporting to deliver consistent, scalable solutions.

Partner with the best

You will build and maintain analytics solutions supporting teams across CTG. You will work on data modeling, dashboards, and reporting to turn data into insights that guide decision-making. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and support data processes across Networks teams, like Regional Planning, Global Capacity Planning, Colocation, and Finance organizations (among others!).

As a Strategy & Operations Analyst II, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with Network Infrastructure and Colocation teams to gather requirements and understand key business metrics
• Automating reporting and enabling self-serve functionalities to provide visibility into key metrics
• Assisting in building and maintaining data pipelines and models to support analytics use cases
• Writing queries and combining data from various sources
• Communicating insights to stakeholders through visualizations and reports

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience in business intelligence, data engineering, or data analytics and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Possess solid working knowledge of SQL with experience querying and analyzing large datasets
• Be proficient in Excel and/or Google Sheets for basic analysis and QA tasks and have experience with data and system integrations
• Be knowledgeable about creating dashboards in data visualization tools, like Tableau
• Have experience using AI Developer tools, like Copilot or Claude, in your day-to-day operations
• Demonstrate solid communication skills to translate requirements and share findings with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Have some experience with cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) or willingness to learn

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai:

We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $88,900 - $160,100/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.