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Service Architect II - Remote Poland

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5 years of relevant experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or a related field
  • Well versed in internet networks and protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Act as the evangelist of the global services and support division throughout the product life cycle
  • Create and share a strategic vision for serviceable and supportable products
  • Define technical requirements for product supportability and assess products against these requirements
  • Advocate best practices for customers and internal teams during product design, development, and implementation

Key facts

Other skills

  • Communication

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

Cloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryCloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)
Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

Would providing technical thought leadership to internal and external peers excite you?

Are you excited by the prospect of working with innovative security products?

Partner with the best

Our Global Services & Support (GSS) team provides customers with deep technical and industry expertise. We provide exceptional service to meet evolving needs and maximize value. Our Service Enablement team within ensures Akamai products are designed and built with a serviceability and supportability focus. Partnering with teams across the business we're involved in all stages of the product life cycle.

Job Purpose/USP

As a Service Architect you will act as the voice of the customer and GSS functions throughout product design and development. As an internal consultant across the whole business, you'll help design complex product solutions to deliver serviceability and supportability. Directly impacting Akamai revenues, you'll shape overall product and business strategy and influence at the highest levels.

As a Service Architect II, you will be responsible for:

  • Operating as the evangelist of the global services and support division, throughout the product life cycle
  • Creating and sharing a strategic vision for serviceable and supportable products
  • Defining the technical requirements for product supportability and assess the product against these requirements
  • Advocating best practice for the customer and internal teams during product design, development and implementation
  • Owning project launch readiness, ensuring all documentation, policies and processes are in place to deliver successfully to customer

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, another related field or its equivalent
  • Be well versed in how the internet works, it's networks and protocols e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL
  • Demonstrate a good balance of technical and strategic skills
  • Display excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to articulate to technical and business audiences

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's 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 world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're 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 job's 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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