Solutions Architect

Job Description

U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED Overview Solutions Architects are part of the Akamai Professional Services team and work directly with clients to deliver Akamai's solutions. You will be involved with projects from design through implementation, testing and customer sign-off. You will work independently or within a small technical team in delivering the appropriate solution to Akamai's enterprise customers. You will plan, implement, test, and deploy Akamai platform configurations to integrate with customer web sites, develop and execute test cases and scripts for customer solutions. You will participate in internal projects that help scale the group, implement best practices, and improve our methodology and quality of integrations. As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for: * Work as a member of a cross functional project team contributing to the technology-based solutions and consult on concept feasibility. * Own the technical components of a customer integration project including but not limited configuration, debugging, documentation, testing, and go live support. * Integrate Akamai's Solutions including Dynamic Site Accelerator, Web Application Accelerator, Web Application Firewall, Global Traffic Manager, Electronic Software Downloads, Download Manager and more. * Partner with Business Support, Sales, Engineering, Product Development and Technical Support to resolve issues that arise during customer trials, integrations, or post implementation support. * Accurately scope implementation timelines for integrations. * Identify technical risks and provide mitigation strategies. * Review configurations with other Professional Service team members to ensure quality and accuracy to requirements. About the Team The Public Sector Services and Support team is focused on maximizing customer satisfaction, retention and growth by building and maintaining strong customer relationships. The Public Sector Services and Support team is dedicated to providing the highest quality customer service at every opportunity, and building industry leading web technologists for U.S. Government customers. We work to ensure that Akamai’s Public Sector customers are able to realize the full value of the solutions that Akamai can delivery to enable the customer's mission. Required Education and Experience Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements: * 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent or * Relevant experience and a Master’s degree or PhD or * Relevant Professional Experience Required Skills * Minimum of 2 years’ experience with Internet technologies including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS and web servers Desired Skills * DoD Secret Clearance * 2 years IT solution delivery experience, preferably within a consulting organization * Experience implementing enterprise scale, n-tier solutions with direct client exposure * Experience with digital media technologies including streaming, codecs and container formats * Experience with UNIX and one or more web development languages, methodologies, and/or architectures – Perl, PHP, Shell Scripting, J2EE, .NET, C#, JSP, ASP, Tomcat, Apache * Experience with TCP/IP network debugging with tcpdump or similar * Experience with data processing, Real Time Reporting and Analytics a plus * Working knowledge of the full software development lifecycle * Advanced knowledge of the internet and internet related technologies * Excellent business writing, presentation and communication skills Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. 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.