Senior Platform Architect - Remote

Job Description

Become Akamai's next Senior Architect. As a Senior Architect, you will drive innovative security solutions for our platform components and services. Your focus will span key areas such as software and configuration deployments, databases, and control plane systems. You will play a critical role in shaping secure, scalable architecture across these domains.

• Demonstrating architectural leadership and technical expertise by owning end-to-end designs, focusing on meeting defined objectives around security, scalability, availability, reliability, and performance.
• Supporting the full product life cycle – ideation, implementation, operation.
• Working across stakeholders – Product Management, Engineering, Dev Ops, and Info Sec to satisfy their needs/requirements in the design process.
• Socializing and building consensus around architectural decisions to provide stable and secure products.
• Solving complex security problems across both the platform and products.

• Have 10 years of relevant software engineering and design experience and a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s.
• Have programming (e.g., Perl, Python, Go) capabilities to help prototype new product ideas and concepts.
• Have experience with software and hardware vulnerability management, and tools such as Tenable, Vulcan Cyber, Trivy, Sonar Qube, etc.
• Be familiar with security concepts such as Zero Trust and secure/confidential computing (e.g., Intel SGX, AMD SEV-SNP, etc.).
• Be familiar with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, Salt, etc.
• Have an understanding of compliance regimes such as PCI, ISO, SOC2, and Fed Ramp.
• Have knowledge and experience with hypervisors such as KVM and QEMU, and open source technologies and standards such as CNCF and Open Compute Project.

Flex Base, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that help us create the best workplace in the world. Flex Base gives 95% of employees the choice to work from home, their office, or both in the country advertised. This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, helping 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.

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

Akamai Technologies is an Equal Opportunity, Title VII, and ADA 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, com. 31, 45, and 140. 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.