Solutions Architect II - Remote

Do you enjoy creating innovative technical solutions to solve complex problems?

Would the opportunity to provide technical consulting services to our customers excite you?

Join our prestigious Professional Services team

Our Professional Services team works directly with customers to provide a unique combination of deep technology expertise and understanding of their business environment. They provide technical hands-on services and best practices in the areas of web performance, DevOps , media delivery, and others.

Partner with our customers

You'll be involved with projects from design through implementation, testing and sign-off. As the technical expert, you are expected to deliver the best solutions to our customers. You'll collaborate with a cross-functional team. You will work in a fast-moving environment, with our cutting-edge technologies and innovations which guarantee.

As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Owning all technical delivery aspects of Akamai solutions, including configuration, debugging, testing, and go live support.
• Identifying service enhancements and potential problems to ensure continuous improvements to the quality of our customer's digital properties.
• Cooperating with other functional teams to resolve issues that arise during the various phases of the implementation of a solution.
• Being a trusted technical consultant for our customers, helping them navigate our product portfolio.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have an understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(s) and TLS
• Have a problem solving mentality
• Demonstrate experience in a customer-facing role
• Be fluent in using Restful APIs, JSON, versioning and repositories (e.g. Git, bitbucket) and scripting languages
• Have demonstrated experience in working in a DevOps environment with complete application development life cycle (e.g. developing, testing, monitoring and planning)
• Be familiar with one or more software development principles and multiple environments architecture

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai is committed to complying with COVID-19 requirements in the countries where it operates. For locations or roles subject to vaccination mandates, we require proof of vaccination, if permitted, as a condition of employment. We will provide additional details regarding our vaccine record submission protocols during the hiring and onboarding process.

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