Technical Solutions Architect II

Role Overview

• Driving Linode opportunities as a cloud pre-sales engineer.
• Owning Linode accounts and sales opportunities from the technical side, working closely with assigned sales counterparts.
• Driving customer success and consumption of Linode, as part of the integrated account team.
• Driving solution and product innovation. Evangelize new use cases/technology trends and influence product roadmap with global product managers.
• Building technical thought-leadership in Cloud Computing/Linode to support overall Akamai business growth.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of experience working in a customer facing technical role with a public cloud vendor
• Demonstrate experience in architecting IaaS solutions for customers.
• Possess one or more professional level certifications from AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle and/or CNCF.
• Have experience in: Kubernetes, cloud networking, database, storage, AI & GPU, IaC/CI/CD tooling, gaming or media tech.
• Demonstrate hands-on skills in open source software including: Apache Web Server, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx, Terraform, etc.
• Demonstrate written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating technical content to a range of audiences.

Tech Stack

• Apache
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• MySQL
• NGINX
• Open Source
• Oracle
• Postgres
• Redis
• Terraform

Benefits

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors