Enterprise Architect

Akamai•Cambridge, MA

3h•$119,600 - $215,400•Hybrid

About The Position

Partner with the best Join Akamai's Application & API Security team as an Enterprise Architect. You will work directly with some of the world's largest enterprises. You will design, integrate, and optimize security solutions across cloud, Kubernetes, networking, and API infrastructures. Highly hands-on technical role with strategic architectural exposure. You'll help customers deploy and operationalize API Security solutions as their primary role. Become a technical influencer You'll work beyond a single product helping customers understand how Akamai technologies work together. Delivering end-to-end application and API protection. Ideal for engineers and architects troubleshooting deep technical problems while also growing into broader enterprise architecture and security strategy. Guiding broader security and application modernization initiatives across API Security, WAAP/WAF, CDN, Bot Management, AI-powered protections, Zero Trust, and cloud security

Requirements

Possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
7+ years of technical engineering/architecture function in enterprise environments
Have 2+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles such as: Enterprise/Solutions Architect, Solutions/Platform/Site Reliability/Cloud Dev Sec Ops Engineering
Have hands-on experience with: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Linux systems and with one or more major cloud platforms such as:AWS, Azure, GCP
Have understanding of networking fundamentals including:TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSLHTTP/S,, Load balancing, Reverse proxies, Routing
Have experience troubleshooting distributed cloud-native applications and debugging skills across infrastructure, networking, and application layers
Understand modern API technologies including:RESTful API's, OAuth/JWT, API authentication and authorization
Have experience with:API gatewaysIngress controllers, Reverse proxies, WAF/WAAP technologies
Possess excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and executive stakeholders

Responsibilities

Designing and implement scalable Application and API Security architectures across enterprise environments
Partnering with customer engineering, DevOps, cloud, networking, and security teams to deploy and operationalize Akamai solutions
Troubleshooting complex issues involving:Kubernetes, Cloud infrastructure, Networking, API gateways, Authentication flows, Hybrid architectures, Distributed applications
Integrating Akamai API Security solutions with:Kubernetes platforms, API gateways, WAF/WAAP solutions, CDN architectures, SIEM and observability platforms, CI/CD pipelines
Analyzing API traffic and application behavior to identify:Misconfigurations, Authentication gaps, Performance bottlenecks
Developing enterprise architecture diagrams, integration patterns, deployment plans, and operational runbooks
Leading customer workshops, technical enablement sessions, and architectural reviews