⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge technology?

Would helping to shape the online strategies of Government organizations excite you?

Join our prestigious Government Services team

Our customer-centric team builds innovative and tailored solutions for our customers to help them achieve their vision. We collaborate to understand our customer needs. We deliver results and possibilities for their growth and success. We build trusted relationships through clear communication, honesty and listening to our customers.

Partner with the best

Partnering with government organizations, Solutions Architects are deeply technical inspaniduals. You'll successfully integrate and support mission critical websites and applications. We collaborate with teams across our business while providing an exceptional customer experience. You'll own the technical implementation of our products. This will help customers optimize their experience and value gained from their Akamai partnership.

As a Solutions Architect II - Government Services, you will be responsible for:

• Partnering with customers to understand their technical and business needs, to ensure customer success
• Working closely with Akamai and customer teams to design the best solutions and implementation plans
• Collaborating with Professional Service team members to implement and execute best practice solutions for our customers
• Being an integral part of testing and live deployment of our solutions to ensure a smooth and timely integration for customers
• Owning technical aspects of solution delivery and ongoing support to configure, debug, document, test, go live, identify and mitigate risks
• Participating on internal projects to contribute to best practices, improving the quality of Akamai's integrations

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have U.S. CITIZENSHIP due to legal requirements of our customer base
• Have the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Clearance
• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or its equivalent.
• Be comfortable working within a Linux command line environment within an Information Technology industry
• Understand customers' technical challenges and design, architect, configure and test solutions with remarkable attention to detail and time management
• Demonstrate understanding of working with network technologies, web development languages, methodologies and architectures
• Have a desire to solve complex technical challenges with innovative solutions

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $100,700 - $181,300/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.