Principal Enterprise Architect- Remote

Location: United States; Remote

Would you enjoy working on a wide range of technical challenges for our customers?

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology and what it can do for customers?

Join our Public Sector Team!

At Akamai, we empower the public sector with cutting-edge technologies that enable government agencies, defense organizations. Public institutions to achieve their missions securely and efficiently. As a leader in cloud security, content delivery, and edge computing. Akamais Public Sector team is at the forefront of delivering reliable. Scalable solutions for our nations most critical missions.

Partner with the best

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will be instrumental in driving technical success in the public sector. With a focus on designing, evangelizing, and delivering comprehensive solutions. That leverage Akamais full portfolio. You will support business development efforts, build relationships with key partners. Customers, and coordinate closely with internal teams.

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will be responsible for:

• Leading and contribute to technical sections of proposals and white papers for public sector RFPs and RFIs.
• Serving as a public-facing technical expert for Akamai at industry events, conferences, and webinars
• Engaging with public sector customers, understanding their mission-critical needs
• Working closely with product management, engineering, and sales teams
• Representing Akamai as a thought leader on topics like cloud security, edge computing, and web application protection.
• Leading technical solution development, stitching together Akamais portfolio to meet the unique requirements of public sector missions.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 15 years of relevant experience in technical architecture and a Bachelors degree or its equivalent
• Have extensive experience working in the public sector, with deep knowledge of federal and defense missions.
• Have proven experience in contributing to and writing technical proposals, white papers, and RFP/RFI responses.
• Have technical presentation skills with experience speaking at industry events and webinars.
• Have the ability to build trusted relationships with government customers and technology partners.
• Have the ability to navigate ambiguity, take ownership of challenges, and drive outcomes even in complex situations.
• Have the willingness to challenge the status quo and innovate to deliver solutions.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether youre streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, were the engine behind the scenes. We provide the worlds most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the worlds biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the worlds most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we dont just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And were the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your jobs needs

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We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $159,600 - $287,400/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.

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will be instrumental in driving technical success in the public sector. With a focus on designing, evangelizing, and delivering comprehensive solutions. That leverage Akamais full portfolio. You will support business development efforts, build relationships with key partners. Customers, and coordinate closely with internal teams.