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As a partner, we collaborate with customers and prospects to align Akamai solutions to business needs. We build relationships and insights to maximize product value through the full scope of our global platform.\nPartner with the best\nAs a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will work with all the technologies Akamai has to offer. By partnering with engineering and business teams you will become the technical expert our customers rely on. Through building relationships with organizations, you will deliver innovative solutions that will impact millions of users.\nAs a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for:\nCreating sales opportunities by managing the pre-sales technical process and demonstrating Akamai's technology to customers\nManaging the technical proposal process and ensuring all technical information and recommendations addressing customer requirements are accurate\nTracking account activity for business analysis and reporting, designing technical solutions to meet our customers needs.\nLeading sales activities such as Technical Demos and Proof of Concepts (POCs).\nDo what you love\nTo be successful in this role you will:\nHave 8 years of experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.\nHave US citizenship, due to the nature of our client base\nHave experience working in a customer-facing consulting, technical solutions pre-sales or pose sales role\nHave background and experience in web acceleration, web security, infrastructure security technologies or cloud computing solutions\nDemonstrate comprehensive understanding of the internet, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTML, SSL protocols and Cloud Computing\nBe a customer advocate passionate about delivering technical solutions\nDemonstrate experience with presenting technical topics to diverse audiences\nBe a team player, able to collaborate, prioritize, and solve problems in a fast changing environment\nAbout us\nAt Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.\nWhether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.\nOur focus is simple:\nCloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.\nSecurity: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.\nContent Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.\nAI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.\nAt Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.\nBenefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. 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