| Location: | Krakow, PL | Posted Date: | 2016-05-16 00:00:00.0 | ||
| Category: | Solutions Architect | ID: | 48950 |
Overview:
About the Job
The Web Experience Specialist is a technology leader who provides technical guidance to key decision makers and provides design services for the technical development for customers using Akamai’s Intelligent Platform. The Specialist is a proven technology leader that will help build strategic roadmaps with customers to meet their business objectives, achieve increased value from their investment in Akamai, and understand/establish Internet industry trends and best practices. The Specialist works closely with the account team to grow accounts and be the technical expert to drive the customer’s business strategy. The Specialist will show high standards of leadership – provide subject-matter-expertise for new products to the rest of the organization and actively develop junior staff within the Global Services and Support organization through training and one-on-one mentorship.
About the Team
Recognizing that an organization’s approach to improving and adjusting its end users experience is an on-going exercise, the Web Experience team is positioned to help the customer understand best practices and industry trends, and how to better leverage the technologies available to them.
The Web Experience team has first hand experience with web site performance, development techniques and the impact that performance can have on a business and its bottom line. The many years of experience of the group in the multitude of languages and technologies that make up a web eco-system, positions the team as a leader on Web Experience both inside and outside of Akamai.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
The Specialist works with customers to understand their current Web Experience needs, intricacies of their architecture and goals of the overarching business. The Specialist will leverage Akamai’s Intelligent Platform to help meet these needs while providing guidance and education so the customer is positioned for success in the future. Additionally, the Specialist will be able to communicate the merits and pitfalls of technology decisions to our customer’s senior business management and C-level executives.
The Specialist provides technical and thought leadership to many groups inside and outside of Akamai including: Akamai’s Professional Services community, the customer’s IT and development teams, and the customers business stakeholders. The Specialist addresses gaps in the customer’s architecture that directly impacts the end-user experience by focusing on the front-end, back-end and middle mile, and helps map Akamai’s products and features to meet specific technical requirements. The Specialist works closely with the customer’s team(s) providing guidance around scoping, solution development, deployment and implementation, as well as training the customer to fully understand the solution.
The Specialist works closely with Akamai’s Product Management and R&D to develop future product direction and strategy - providing valuable input from the customers. The Specialist will perform the role of subject matter expert for new Web Experience products and act as liaison between the engineering and professional services teams.
The Specialist educates both internal and external audiences on the latest technology trends, Internet best practices and Akamai-specific solutions for the most pressing customer needs around web performance. The Specialist serves as an evangelist for both the Professional Services organization and for Akamai through an online and in-person presence.
The Specialist will travel up to 25% of the time.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field degree.
* 6 years in consulting, professional services and/or other customer-facing role focused on delivering technical products or services
* 4 years experience with Internet technologies including: TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, SSL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Desired Qualifications
* Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
* Experience with strategy and/or technology consulting.
* Proven knowledge of web servers, application servers, accelerators, routers and caching devices.
* Development experience in Python, Javascript, Java, ASP.NET or Unix shell scripting.
* Experience with designing scalable web infrastructure and troubleshooting web performance related issues.
* General Exposure to performance related technologies, processes and concepts such as image compression, RWD, RESS, FEO, HTML5 and CSS3.
* Experience with web performance measurement and web optimization techniques.
* Proven ability with mobile network architecture and application development.
* Proven ability working within a Content Delivery Network.
* Experience with full software development lifecycle.
* Experience working with a development team.
* Proven ability to manage large projects, problem solve, make quick decisions and a passion for excellence.
* Consistently stays up to date on industry trends and actively engages in associated discussion.
* Ability to operate independently and apply strategic thinking with technical depth.
* Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Please add to your CV the statement below:
„Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych dla potrzeb niezbędnych do realizacji obecnych jak i przyszłych procesów rekrutacji zgodnie z ustawą z dnia 29 sierpnia 1997 r. o ochronie danych osobowych (tekst jednolity: Dz.U.2014r. poz.1182).”
About Akamai:
Akamai® is the leading content delivery network (CDN) providing cloud services that help deliver, optimize, and secure online content and business applications. At the foundation of Akamai solutions, the Akamai Intelligent PlatformTM enables unmatched speed, reliability, and security–backed by expertise and relentless innovation–to improve reach and invisibility across the web. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to more securely leverage the cloud. To learn how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, visit www.akamai.com, and follow @Akamaijobs on Twitter.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. EEO is the Law.
