Job Description
Are you excited about working with cutting-edge network technologies?
Do you enjoy acting quickly to solve problems?
Join our Global Backbone Network Engineering team
The Network Engineering team is a highly skilled group of individuals that work on building, configuring and maintaining network infrastructure in support of Akamai's global platform, providing the technical underpinning of Akamai's products and services.
Partner with the best
As a manager, you will lead a network engineering team responsible for Akamai's global backbone. You will partner with leaders and various teams to deliver on next generation technology initiatives in support of optimization and growth.
As a Senior Manager Network Engineering, you will be responsible for:
- Leading and developing a team of engineers who build and maintain Akamai's global backbone, ensuring adherence to best practices
- Working with vendors and internal organizations to build out large points of presence across the globe; installing, configuring, and maintaining Juniper and Cisco devices
- Configuring and debugging complex metro topologies and high-capacity circuits
- Being involved with deep protocol level debugging with our hardware vendors
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams on standards, deployment processes, and technology rollouts delivering high reliability
- Providing 2nd level escalation support to operations teams
Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
- Demonstrate experience managing one or more network engineering teams, including performance management, career coaching, and mentoring
- Demonstrate hands-on experience with BGP, ISIS, and MPLS with RSVP-TE in a large service provider organization
- Display solid experience in IP network design and routing architecture
- Have working knowledge of virtualization, Linux/Unix systems and Python, SQL, or other scripting languages
- Demonstrate excellent communication and collaboration skills and ability to build trusting relationships
Build your career at Akamai
Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.
With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
Learn more
Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.
Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $124,900 - $259,500/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.