Senior Technical Solutions Architect

Job Description Would consulting with customers to build quality internet solutions excite you? Join our entrepreneurial Web Performance pre-sales team

We work on the cutting-edge of web performance. We are responsible for the technical sales of our innovative performance products and services. We work in partnership across Akamai to ensure we present the right technical solution to our customers.

We work on the cutting-edge of web performance. We are responsible for the technical sales of our innovative performance products and services. We work in partnership across Akamai to ensure we present the right technical solution to our customers.

As a Senior TSA, you'll design solutions meeting the business and technical requirements of web performance customers. You'll develop customer relationships using a consultative approach to address their challenges and achieve their business goals. The Senior TSA engages in complex customer opportunities while providing technical and market expertise to support Sales.

As a Senior Technical Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Leading strategy and customer conversations in selling web performance products from a technical go-to-market perspective.
• Supporting strategic opportunities and accounts as a Pre-Sales technology specialist and technical escalation point
• Participating and contributing as the subject matter expert in one or more web performance products.
• Assisting Solutions Engineer teams with complex Proof of Concepts and escalated technical discussions to drive opportunities forward.
• Influencing strategy for products focusing on cloud and edge computing, Dev Ops, website/mobile apps, real-user monitoring, and CDN.
• Working closely with Engineering and Product Management to influence new product design and existing product roadmap.
• Leading Pre-Sales SME enablement groups in your specialized or other assigned domains.
• Leveraging a deep understanding of competitors to provide internal teams with guidance on how to surpass them.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another related field
• Have experience working in large, complex customer facing environments
• Have experience in technical pre-sales working directly with customers
• Have experience with proxy architectures, malware, endpoint protections, and threat mitigation techniques.
• Demonstrate experience with technologies such as TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, APIs, CI/CD and cloud computing architecture
• Have experience with technologies including DNS, Enterprise architectures, Cloud Security, SAML and OIDC, IdPs, Authentication and Authorization
• Have great communication skills, including the ability to present technical and business-related subjects to all audiences

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