Counsel

Akamai Technologies, Inc. • Jefferson City, MO • 5h ago

Are you looking to work with an international team to solve problems on a global scale?

Do you want an opportunity to effect change at a leading technology organization?

Join our Global Legal team!

Akamai Legal is a highly-experienced global team of professionals dedicated to advancing Akamai's business interests and next phase of growth, while simultaneously protecting its assets/reputation. We embrace the challenge of working at the intersection of rapid innovation and regularly evolving laws. The Legal team currently consists of over sixty-five professionals located around the world.

Partner with the best

You will work closely with our Legal and Sales teams and become a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders across the business. The nature of this role requires U.S. citizenship.

As a Counsel, you will be responsible for:

Supporting commercial team work on a global basis by drafting, reviewing and negotiating sales contracts/other commercial documents with Akamai's customers/partners

Supporting public sector sales teams with (as necessary) review of teaming agreements, NDAs, subcontractor agreements, and proposal responses

Negotiating public sector sales contracts with federal, state, local, and education customers (directly and through resellers), including government-specific terms

Collaborating with/advising global cross-functional and Legal Department partners on commercial and public sector sales contract matters

Applying Akamai's legal and business policies consistently

Participating in efforts to enhance the Legal Department's overall performance

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 4+ years of experience practicing law in private practice/ in-house, working with technology/telecommunications clients or equivalent

Have a JD from an ABA-accredited law school, be admitted/licensed to practice in a relevant jurisdiction, be an attorney in good standing

Have U.S. citizenship, as this role supports U.S. government contracts with access restrictions

Demonstrate public sector contracting experience (required), including commercial software, SaaS, or cloud services to government customers

Have experience with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency supplements (particularly DFARS), including clause applicability/flow-downs to commercial item/commercial service contracts

Demonstrate written/oral communication skills in English, including a clear/concise contract drafting style, and ready to conduct legal negotiations

Have experience with commercial law, intellectual property rights, and privacy/data protection, as well as providing practical/pragmatic legal support to Sales personnel

Have an active security clearance (or eligibility therefor) is a plus

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether 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.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security : Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At 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.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm\source=akamai&utm\medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $121,400 - $218,600/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

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, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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