Leading enterprise technical discovery to understand business requirements and guide solution design.
Architecting cloud, edge, observability, and media streaming solutions across Akamai Connected Cloud.
Designing and building proof-of-concept solutions using Akamai technologies like LKE, EdgeWorkers, EdgeKV, and mPulse.
Providing pre-sales engineering support and managing opportunities from discovery through validation and production deployment.
Partnering with Qualified Computing Partners to deliver integrated solutions and lead joint customer engagements.
Creating technical enablement content, blogs, and hands-on labs to help field teams position solutions.
Leading customer workshops, hackathons, and labs focused on EdgeWorkers, APIs, transcoding, and edge computing.
Influencing product roadmap through customer feedback, advocacy, and documenting engagements via reviews and deal support.

15yrs experience in technical pre-sales, solutions architecture, or related engineering roles
Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
Deep expertise in cloud platforms, distributed systems, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and Infrastructure as a Code
Hands-on experience with edge computing, CDN technologies, and web performance optimization including Core Web Vitals
Excellent understanding of media streaming technologies including live transcoding, VOD workflows, and video players
Proven ability to design and deliver proof-of-concept solutions aligned to customer business requirements
Effective in cross-functional collaboration with sales, product management, and engineering teams to support customer success
Excellent communication skills leading workshops, executive presentations, and creating impactful technical content
Proficient in modern development practices, APIs, databases, observability tools, automation, and mentoring junior engineers

Principal Technical Solutions Architect

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