Do you enjoy analysing large-scale, complex systems?
Does having an impact on the reliability of the global internet excite you?
Join our exceptional technical team!
The Change Safety Governance team safeguards critical systems by guiding system owners through risk management for complex, interconnected architectures. We review, approve, and audit Change Safety Strategy (CSS) documents from inception to deployment. Partnering with Engineering and SRE, we analyze change risks to help leadership prioritize mitigation work, while chairing the committee that maintains our global Reliability Standards.
Shape the future of our cutting-edge products
You will analyze documented change processes operating on one of the largest distributed systems in the world with the aim of making it even more reliable.
As an Architect in TRG - Change Safety Governance, you will be responsible for:
- Researching and learning how Akamai's platforms, products, services, and systems work and how they impact each other.
- Reviewing and approve change strategies across Akamai. Partnering with SMEs to analyze technical details, ask safety-oriented questions, and identify system improvements.
- Identifying, analysing, and reporting safety risks. Work with executives and system owners to ensure prioritised risk mitigation is completed.
- Working with system owners and change process SMEs to help them develop and modify change safety strategies through the review process
- Collaborating with Architects, Researchers, and Engineers to maintain Reliability Standards and analyze and review systems against those established standards.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Possess 8+ of relevant experience and education in computer science or another
research-focused science field. - Apply systems thinking to reason about complex architectures and identify key risk factors without needing all low-level details
- Demonstrate solid knowledge of IP networks, DNS, routing, and communication protocols like HTTP, TCP, and UDP.
- Understand basic computer configurations, including operating systems, containers, and encrypted communications.
- Research and analyze technical materials independently, including design documents, specifications, RFCs, and unfamiliar code to improve systems.
- Communicate effectively through written documentation, presentations, and meetings while clearly expressing complex ideas.
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of relevant experience and education in computer science or another research-focused science field
- Systems thinking to reason about complex architectures and identify key risk factors
- Solid knowledge of IP networks, DNS, routing, and communication protocols (HTTP, TCP, UDP)
- Understanding of basic computer configurations, including operating systems, containers, and encrypted communications
- Ability to independently research and analyze technical materials (design docs, RFCs, specifications, unfamiliar code)
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and presentations
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
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What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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