Senior Systems Engineer at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$112,500–$202,500from the description
Jul 7, 2026
Richmond, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level infrastructure engineering role focused on administering and securing multi-cloud environments spanning Microsoft 365 (including a GCC High government tenant) and Google Workspace/GCP. Day-to-day work involves architecture, migration, governance, and automation across these platforms, with particular attention to government compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP and CMMC. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable with scripting, Tier 3 troubleshooting, and AI-adjacent tooling like Google Gemini and RAG/MCP integrations.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Posted 4 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Multi-Cloud Senior Engineer' / 'Senior Systems Engineer' and is primarily focused on administering, securing, and governing M365 (including GCC High) and Google Workspace/GCP environments — more operations/administration than software development, hence 15-1244. However, the automation emphasis (PowerShell, Python, Google Apps Script, REST APIs) and AI integration work (RAG/MCP) create a genuine pull toward 15-1252; 15-1244 is the primary classification because tenant governance, compliance, and Tier 3 support are the core duties.
Clearance is stated as 'ability to obtain security clearance' (not a specific level), paired with a requirement for U.S. citizenship and GCC High/IL5 expertise. This implies at minimum a Secret-level clearance; the posting does not explicitly gate on TS/SCI, so 'Secret' is used as the conservative interpretation.
Location is not specified in the posting; Akamai's FlexBase program supports remote/hybrid work, so remote=true is applied. Compensation range is US-only per the posting.
Python, REST APIs, and RAG appear in the responsibilities/narrative section rather than the explicit requirements block, so they are marked as preferred.
FedRAMP and CMMC appear in the requirements block under 'understanding of data governance, security, and regulatory requirements' and are treated as hard gates on domain knowledge, not tool proficiency.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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