Solutions Engineer II

Akamai Technologies
Columbia, SC, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$100,700.0 - $181,300.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Application Firewall Botnet Cyber Security DevOps Domain Name System (DNS) HTTP Secure Akamai Zero Trust Network Access Software Security Information Technology

Job description

Become part of a team of skilled Internet technologists collaborating with leading global enterprises on innovative, next-generation initiatives. Engage directly with Fortune 100 companies to deliver exceptional experiences while preparing them for the future of Agentic Commerce.

Partner with the best

In this role, you will be the customers’ trusted advisor and technical expert. Collaborating with sales partners, you’ll facilitate product adoption and account growth with a winning mindset for Akamai and our customers.

As a Solutions Engineer II, you will be responsible for:

  • Creating sales opportunities by managing the pre-sales technical process and demonstrating Akamai’s technology to customers.
  • Managing the technical proposal process and ensuring all technical information and recommendations addressing customer requirements are accurate.
  • Turning customer goals into scalable, secure, and high-performance architectures, driving successful deployments and industry-leading best practices.
  • Leading sales activities such as Technical Demos, Customer Analysis Reports (CAR’s) and Proof of Concepts (POC’s).
  • Maximizing customer satisfaction, retention, and growth based on the customer’s needs and business requirements.
  • Guiding customers through design and validation using Akamai’s portfolio: Web Application Firewall, API security, Bot Management and Zero Trust solutions.
  • Demonstrating how Akamai solutions integrate with AI-driven workflows, automation frameworks, and modern DevOps tool chains.
  • Advising customers on safe and efficient adoption of AI-powered features within Akamai’s platform.

Requirements

  • Have 5yrs experience and a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or another related field
  • Demonstrate understanding of the internet, including but not limited to technologies like DNS, HTTP(S), APIs
  • Have experience or an interest in working with CDN architecture, Cybersecurity, AI, SEO, and Dev Ops
  • Have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating complex technical content to a range of audiences.
  • Work fluidly within account teams, but also cross-functionally across organizations, such as Sales, Services, and Product Management.

Benefits & conditions

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $100,700 - $181,300/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.

About the company

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. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm_source=akamai&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

FlexBase adapts to your job’s needs

Akamai’s FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It’s not about telling employees where to work; it’s about supporting employees to do their best work.

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

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! (https://twitter.com/Akamai?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) (https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies/) (https://www.akamai.com/blog?)

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