14 hours ago
Base Salary
$160k - $287k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design and development of software supporting Akamai’s global connectivity platform.
- Drive software-defined automation to eliminate operational toil and improve network infrastructure reliability.
- Establish telemetry and observability systems for real-time monitoring of global network traffic and security services.
- Champion software engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, and SDLC standards across architecture and engineering teams.
- Guide capacity planning and cost optimization across distributed routing, network fabric, and edge security systems.
- Mentor engineering teams across the organization.
Requirements
- Have 15 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Have 10+ years of experience in network and software engineering.
- Demonstrate expert proficiency in Python, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Source of Truth platforms.
- Show expertise in large-scale IP routing and network fabric architectures.
- Have experience designing cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code deployment frameworks.
- Adapt to evolving requirements and lead effectively in a changing environment.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements through Akamai’s FlexBase program, including work from home, an office, or a combination of both.
- Healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and employee assistance programs focused on mental and financial wellness.
- Potential annual bonus or incentive compensation, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan; eligibility requirements apply.
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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.