
Senior Solutions Engineer – Defense Customer
Akamai Technologies
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $119,600 - $215,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Guide 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.
- 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
- 8 years of experience in software engineering, customer solutions, consulting, or professional services within regulated environments or its equivalent.
- 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.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders across organizations.
Benefits
- Healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- Company holidays
- Vacation (in the form of PTO)
- Sick time
- Family friendly benefits including parental leave
- Employee assistance program including focus on mental and financial wellness
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringcloud-native solutionslog analysissystems-level programmingZero TrustICAMOAuth2SAMLOIDCMFA
Soft Skills
customer relationship buildingtechnical implementation guidancecommunication of technical conceptsmentoringprioritizationcollaborationproblem-solvinginfluencing product directioncustomer feedback integrationsupporting release planning
Certifications
Active Secret clearanceSecurity+CISSP