Architect (Infrastructure & Security Products)
Company: Akamai Technologies
Location: San Diego
Posted on: December 31, 2025
|
|
|
Job Description:
As an Architect, you will help drive innovative solutions for
our rapidly growing suite of platform components and services which
power Akamais Infrastructure security offerings. As an Architect,
you will be responsible for: • Creating end-to-end architectural
designs, focusing on meeting defined objectives around
availability, reliability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Collaborating with development teams to implement designs. •
Socializing and building consensus around architectural decisions
to provide stable and secure platforms. • Designing solutions for
software and configuration deployments, database, control plane,
and security. Do what you love To be successful in this role you
will: • Have 8 years of experience and a Bachelors degree in
Computer Science or its equivalent. • Demonstrate good
understanding of architectural principles, such as scaling,
reliability, performance, security, and their implementations. •
Have understanding of Internet layer 3 and 4 technologies DDOS
attacks, including attack vectors and mitigations. • Can analyze
and prototype new auto mitigation algorithms. • Have programming
(e.g,. Perl, Python, JS, Java, GO, eBPF) skills to help prototype
new product ideas and concepts. • Possess knowledge of utilizing DB
(Clickhouse) technologies to test new algorithms on stored historic
packet data. Our ability to shape digital life today relies on
developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn
impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make
Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and
have a meaningful impact. With our company moving so fast, it’s
important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles,
and try out different opportunities. There are so many different
ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as
much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities
available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal
events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all
to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
Keywords: Akamai Technologies, Mission Viejo , Architect (Infrastructure & Security Products), IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California
