Are you an expert in software delivery lifecycles looking to lead architectural designs for public cloud infrastructure?
Do you want to shape next-generation SDLC processes and automation across global development and reliability engineering teams?
Join our team
Akamai's Cloud Technology Group designs, builds, and operates our public cloud computing platform. We develop applications and services to empower customers globally. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by making cloud computing simple, scalable, affordable, and accessible to all.
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In this role, you will lead the architecture and design for our Compute SDLC. You will collaborate with engineering teams to build reliable, scalable software delivery processes. You will also define long-term platform strategies and drive automation across our cloud infrastructure.
As a Senior Architect - Cloud Compute, you will be responsible for:
- Creating and refining system-wide SDLC processes to enhance platform scalability, reliability, and deployment visibility across engineering teams
- Coordinating the design of critical integration points to enable comprehensive views of software versioning and global deployment operations
- Providing technical guidance on design patterns while aligning stakeholders on long-term platform strategies and software architecture
- Architecting solutions for shared SDLC workflows and conducting system reviews across Compute and related cloud infrastructure
- Evaluating and developing frameworks to perform due diligence on the SDLC maturity and infrastructure of potential acquisition targets
- Identifying tools and defining metrics to ensure products meet monitoring, patching, and regulatory compliance standards
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
- Have experience leading the architectural design of SDLC processes, CI/CD pipelines, and software-defined automation
- Be familiar with Kubernetes, cloud-native container ecosystems, hypervisors, and associated supporting infrastructure technologies
- Possess solid communication skills to bridge technical gaps across global teams and drive stakeholder consensus
- Demonstrate experience coordinating large-scale software patching, deployment operations, and system compliance standards
- Have an understanding of evaluation frameworks used for assessing SDLC maturity and integrating platform infrastructure
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.
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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.
Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $169,300 - $304,700/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.
Skills Required
- 5 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 3+ years of software development experience in C focused on Linux kernel development
- Experience with Perl, Python, or Shell scripting
- Solid understanding of Linux kernel internals
- Experience with Linux kernel debugging
- Experience with at least two Linux kernel subsystems: memory management, filesystems, block I/O, TCP/IP stack, or KVM
- Knowledge of concurrent programming, data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis
- Knowledge of network protocols including TCP, UDP, IP, Ethernet, QUIC, HTTP, and TLS
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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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