Senior II Solutions Architect (Defense Customer)

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Would you like to architect Zero Trust and ICAM solutions supporting Defense customers in regulated mission environments?
Would you like to engineer resilient cloud‑native systems that prioritize reliability, automation, and operational excellence?

Join our CloudOne Team!

Deliver secure, customer‑facing solutions powering Defense and Public Sector mission systems. Our team integrates cloud‑native and identity‑centric capabilities into regulated government environments. Work directly with customers, engineering, and product teams to drive mission‑aligned outcomes.

Partner with the best
As a Senior Solutions Architect II, you will be responsible for guiding customers through design, deployment, testing, and operational rollout of secure solutions. Influence product direction through structured customer feedback and technical insight. Advance Defense‑focused platform offerings integrating ICAM, Zero Trust, and AWS GovCloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical advisor guiding customers through architecture design, integration planning, deployment, and operational support.
• Lead resolution of complex service‑impacting issues using deep troubleshooting, log analysis, and systems‑level programming.
• Implement cloud‑native solutions within AWS GovCloud and regulated government cloud environments.
• Act as technical product owner by gathering feedback, prioritizing features, supporting release planning, and improving customer outcomes.
• Partner across engineering, operations, and support teams to identify root causes and implement durable improvements.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to architectural decisions shaping broader platform and reliability standards.

Requirements

• 12 years of experience in software engineering, customer solutions, consulting, or professional services within regulated environments or its equivalent.
• Possess active Secret clearance and maintain or obtain DoD 8140‑aligned certification such as Security+ or CISSP.
• Tenacious experience building trusted customer relationships and guiding technical implementations to successful outcomes.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust and identity‑centric architectures including OAuth2, SAML, OIDC, MFA, and least‑privilege models.
• Experience delivering customer projects in government cloud environments while managing multiple priorities and ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders across organizations.

Work in a Way That Works for You

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

About Akamai

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform—from cloud to edge—we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

We are curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people‑centric, you'll thrive here.

Benefits

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

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US‑based candidates only, the base salary for this position ranges from $139,300 – $250,700/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 focusing on mental and financial wellness; eligibility requirements apply.

Application Information

If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

Equal Opportunity

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.