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Do you enjoy designing and building public cloud solutions for customers?
Do you enjoy working with a diverse multi-national team of engineering talents?
Join the Technical Solutions Architect team
Akamai is working to simplify the way people work in the cloud. The team's mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable for all. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable developers to build next generation applications.
Shape the future of the internet
You'll play an integral part of sales lifecycle & support Pre-Sales defining Cloud/Linode solutions as technology specialist. You will guide customers through strategic & technical aspects of Cloud transformation to drive Linode services consumption. You'll also be the thought-leader in cloud computing both outside and within Akamai.
As a Technical Solution Architect, you will be responsible for:
Driving new Linode customer acquisition and account growth as public cloud pre-sales, collaborating with sales on technical aspects
Driving customer success and consumption of Linode, as part of the integrated account team
Leading solution & product innovation initiatives. Evangelize APJ use cases/technologies & influence product roadmap with product managers
Building technical thought-leadership in Cloud Computing/Linode to support overall Akamai APJ business growth
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have 5 years+ of relevant experience working in a customer facing technical role with cloud/ hosting provider company
Demonstrate successful experience in architecting complex IaaS solutions for customers. Possess professional architect level certifications from AWS/GCP
Demonstrate hands-on skills in three or more domains: Kubernetes, cloud networking, database, storage, AI & GPU, IaC/CI/CD tooling, gaming or media streaming tech stack
Demonstrate knowledge and hands-on skills in open source including: Apache Web Server, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx, Terraform, etc
Demonstrate excellent written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating complex technical content to technical and non-technical audiences
Have Cloud professional service delivery experience is ideal
Build your career at Akamai
Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.
With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
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