Senior Solutions Engineer

Akamai Technologies

Senior Solutions Engineer supporting customers with adoption of Enterprise Security solutions. Engaging in pre-sales activities and influencing product roadmaps at Akamai.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeMumbai • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Owning, shaping, and running proof-of-concepts, beta programs, and pre-sales activities with customers and partner teams
Diving into enterprise architecture discovery and hands-on software configuration
Strategizing with and assisting customers as they move to more agile, secure, identity centric security models
Taking a consultative approach to solutions and solving challenges around next generation security transformation
Educating and enabling internal teams and partners regarding our Enterprise solution portfolios to motivate effective sales strategies
Influencing product roadmaps and ensuring the inclusion of business priorities and requirements of customers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have 10-12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Have experience working in large, complex customer facing environments with responsibility for the technical sales cycle
Be able to effectively present complex and technical material to varying audiences virtually and in-person
Have Knowledge of network security, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, endpoint protection, firewalls, and other cybersecurity concepts
Have expertise with Zero Trust security concepts and technologies such as Network Security, SASE/SSE, ZTNA and Microsegmentation
Good understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and cloud native technologies (Microservices, Kubernetes)
Demonstrate a willingness to learn new technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Your health
Your finances
Your family
Your time at work
Your time pursuing other endeavors

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Hard Skills & Tools

network securitySIEMSOAREDRXDRendpoint protectionfirewallsZero Trust securitySASEMicrosegmentation

Soft Skills

consultative approacheffective presentationcustomer engagementstrategizingeducatinginfluencingproblem-solvingteam collaborationcommunicationmotivation