Job Description

Job Category: Solutions Engineering
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Are you passionate about Security and cloud computing?
Do you love helping customers overcome challenges?
Join our Solutions Engineering team
We are experienced professionals adept at defining solutions for our customer's business and technical requirements. We build relationships and insights to maximize product value through the full scope of our global platform.
Shape the future of the Internet
As a Solutions Engineer, you will sit at the heart of the sales process. You will build relationships, become a trusted advisor to our customers and deliver innovative solutions. You will get to work with all the technologies Akamai has to offer.
As a Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Growing revenue and acquiring new business by evangelizing Akamai's technology to existing and prospective customers.
• Managing the technical proposal process and ensuring all technical information and recommendations addressing customer requirements are accurate.
• Engaging with customers during the sales-cycle to gather requirements and develop proposals, design, delivery, demos and proof-of-concepts.
• Collaborating with internal Stakeholders to strengthen customer relationships by becoming the go-to person for technical queries.

Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience in a technical pre-sales/sales engineering, consulting, or customer facing role delivering technical products or services.
• Display knowledge in security and Internet technologies, including API security, content delivery and web architecture (DNS,HTTP,TCP/IP,TLS).
• Demonstrate fluency in cloud computing, including Kubernetes, storage solutions and developer tools.
• Have interpersonal savvy, a passion to solve problems, and a customer focused mindset.
• Have a thirst for learning and embracing new technologies.
• Be a good team player, able to collaborate, prioritize, and solve problems in a fast changing environment.

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.
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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we 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.
Working for you
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• 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.
About us
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.
Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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