17 hours ago
Base Salary
$160k - $287k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical sections of proposals, white papers, and public-sector RFP/RFI responses.
- Serve as a public-facing technical expert at industry events, conferences, and webinars.
- Engage public-sector customers to understand mission-critical needs and build trusted relationships.
- Develop technical solutions by integrating Akamai’s portfolio for public-sector missions.
- Collaborate with product management, engineering, sales teams, technology partners, and customers.
- Represent Akamai as a thought leader in cloud security, edge computing, and web application protection.
Requirements
- 15 years of relevant experience in technical architecture.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Extensive public-sector experience with deep knowledge of federal and defense missions.
- Proven experience writing technical proposals, white papers, and RFP/RFI responses.
- Technical presentation experience, including speaking at industry events and webinars.
- Ability to build trusted relationships with government customers and technology partners.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, take ownership, and drive outcomes in complex situations.
- Willingness to challenge the status quo and innovate.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangement through Akamai’s FlexBase program, allowing work from home, an office, or a combination of both.
- Healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and an employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness.
- Potential annual bonus or incentive compensation, equity awards, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan; eligibility requirements apply.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Akamai
Akamai builds content delivery, cloud security, and edge compute services for enterprises that run consumer and business web, API, and video workloads. The public company (NASDAQ: AKAM), founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, MA, operates a global CDN and security platform and sells via subscriptions and usage-based services. It expanded into cloud infrastructure by acquiring Linode in 2022, offering IaaS and managed Kubernetes.