Solutions Engineer – Cybersecurity, Cloud

🕒 May 6

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Akamai Technologies

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5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

📱 Media

Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Media

Akamai Technologies is a global edge platform and cloud services company that delivers content delivery, edge computing, and security solutions. The company operates one of the world’s largest distributed networks to accelerate and protect web, media, and application traffic, offering products for content delivery, DDoS protection, API and app security, bot management, edge compute (serverless/edge functions), and AI inference at the edge. Akamai also provides enterprise-focused security services (zero trust, identity and access management, secure internet access) and cloud/AI infrastructure tools, and has recently expanded capabilities through acquisitions (for example LayerX) to add browser-based AI usage control.

📋 Description

• Leading Technical Strategy, driving the pre-sales process for multi-product solutions, ensuring every recommendation is perfectly aligned with the customer's business objectives. • Being the primary technical authority for our customers, leading high-impact activities including Technical Demos, Customer Analysis Reports (CARs), and complex Proof of Concepts (POCs). • Partnering with Engineering and Product teams, designing innovative solutions that optimize performance, security, and reliability at the intelligent edge. • Sharing your expertise with those around you, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving. • Driving the "Technical Win": Masterfully explain Return of Investment (ROI) and technical value, ensuring Akamai remains the partner of choice against global competitors.

🎯 Requirements

• Love to learn new technology, skills, and have a curious mindset. • Have a comprehensive mastery of "how the internet works," including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS, and cloud-based architectures. • Have experience with internet based security technologies. • Have a track record in a customer-facing technical role (Pre-sales/Consulting) where you've managed the full lifecycle of a technical sale. • Have experience whiteboarding a complex architecture and presenting a business case to C-suite executives. • Have experience with scripting and coding (Python, JavaScript, Rust, GO) for building custom integrations with edge technologies and AI-native workflows. • Be fluent in English is required. Given our location in the heart of Amsterdam, fluency in Dutch is a significant asset.

🏖️ Benefits

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