Job DescriptionAre you a Linux, kernel, and hypervisor expert looking to jump into architecture while remaining hands-on?Are you passionate about the system architecture and design of our Compute Platform, building the foundation for our Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Kubernetes-based products and services?Come join Akamai Cloud!Akamai's Cloud Technology Group (CTG) takes ownership for designing, building, maintaining and operating our public cloud computing platform. We develop applications and services to empower our customers. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by making cloud computing simple, scalable, affordable, and accessible to all. We design, develop, test, and maintain products that run our IaaS platform.
Shape the future of Akamai's Cloud InfrastructureWe are looking for a Senior Architect with expertise in Operating Systems, Hypervisors, Virtual Machines, and Containers, along with Cloud-Native tendencies, to lead the architecture and design of next-generation infrastructure services. In this role, you will be working embedded as part of engineering development teams, engaging as a core member of the Compute system architecture team.
As a Senior Architect, you will be responsible for:
- Owning the system design and implementation, helping to guide engineering while ensuring alignment with the big picture
- Building proof of concepts to help make design choices and recommend technologies
- Working with product managers and product architects to help inform the product direction
- Contributing to and helping to shape the engineering roadmap by working with product and engineering management and other business stakeholders
- Developing best practices, sharing knowledge, and mentoring
- Collaborating with engineering teams in an Agile environment that fosters innovative solutions, rapid development cycles, and open communication
Do what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:
- Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
- Demonstrate extensive experience building and operating highly available, fault-tolerant, and large-scale distributed production services using Virtualization and Cloud-Native technologies (e.g. qemu, kvm, Cilium, etc.)
- Have advanced knowledge of operating systems, linux internals, virtualization technologies, hypervisors, performance optimization
- Have experience and solid understanding of containers and the technologies that revolve around them (e.g., systemd, docker, containerd, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Demonstrate significant experience with Linux, Go, Python, Bash
- Have a good understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with experience in one or more public cloud offerings
CompensationAkamai 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.
