Principal Architect

Would you enjoy working with the world's most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery? Are you interested in designing platform architectures for large distributed systems? Come join our Cloud Technology Group! Akamai's Cloud Technology Group (CTG) takes ownership for designing, building, maintaining and operating our global CDN and compute platform. We develop and deploy critical technologies that provide the technical underpinnings for all of Akamai's products. The CTO's team ensures consistent security, reliability and availability for our customers. Responsibilities Identifying critical improvements for inclusion in the platform systems roadmap. Collaborating with architects across engineering to define solutions for delivering our platform roadmap. Socializing and building consensus around technical strategy decisions across product lines and teams to advance our platform vision. Engaging with both external partners and stakeholders across the company to achieve our platform evolution goals. Working with counterparts in engineering to ensure that our platform architecture aligns well with other product goals. Qualifications Have 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent. Demonstrate extensive experience developing and documenting architectures for large‑scale distributed systems. Be able to clearly articulate design decisions to implementation teams. Have solid experience with high availability software systems and methods for achieving service security, reliability and operability objectives. Be self‑motivated; have effective communication skills and be able to influence and motivate others. Possess working knowledge of Internet protocols (routing, TCP/IP, DNS, etc.) and computer security (OS, containers, protocols). Have a good understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with experience in one or more public cloud offerings. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Akamai Technologies is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. Benefits Your health Your finances Your family Your time at work Your time pursuing other endeavors Compensation For US‑based candidates only, the base salary for this position ranges from $200,000 – $360,000 per year. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities such as annual bonus or incentives, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Eligibility requirements apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Akamai Technologies GmbH