Senior II Site Reliability Engineer

Akamai Technologies; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies in Ottawa, Canada is seeking an experienced SRE to lead teams and mentor engineers while improving platform reliability and performance. You will partner with Engineering, Operations and Product to adopt new features, analyze data feeds, and build tooling to automate tasks, delivering measurable reliability improvements.

Applicants should have 8+ years of experience and a CS degree, with strong coding skills in Python/SQL/Java, plus networking protocol knowledge.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Analytical background with experience in statistical data analysis.
• Experience with coding in Python, Perl, SQL, Java, C or R.
• Ability to provide insightful and well-received technical feedback.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to articulate technical information clearly.
• Experience with Internet protocols (DNS/HTTP/TLS/TCP).

Responsibilities

• Leading SRE teams by providing technical mentorship, feedback and guidelines.
• Driving partnership with Engineering, Operations and Product teams to guide adoption of new features and processes.
• Applying analytical skills to identify performance bottlenecks and reliability challenges, and propose solutions.
• Defining, mining data feeds from 3rd‑party and internal sources to produce insights for decisions.
• Influencing company decisions to identify areas for new technology investments.
• Building software tools to automate analytical tasks and workflows.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Mentorship

Strong communication

Networking knowledge

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Python

SQL

Java

C

Perl

R

DNS/HTTP/TLS/TCP knowledge

Job description

Job Description

Join our SRE team! Our team uses large datasets to analyze and measure the performance and reliability of our platform. We are networking data scientists: we combine our knowledge of data analysis, networking and distributed systems to define key performance indicators for our platform, determine how different factors impact them, and devise opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leading SRE teams by providing technical mentorship, feedback and guidelines, and by organizing project‑specific work.
• Driving partnership with Engineering, Operations and Product teams to help guide adoption of new features and processes.
• Applying analytical skills and statistical insights to identify performance bottlenecks and reliability challenges, and propose solutions.
• Defining, implementing, mining data feeds drawn from 3rd‑party and internal sources to produce insights that influence company decision‑making.
• Influencing company decision‑making at the highest levels to identify areas for new technology investments.
• Building software tools and systems to automate analytical tasks and workflows to increase efficiency and reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Have an analytical background with experience in statistical data analysis.
• Demonstrate experience with coding in at least one of the following languages: python, perl, SQL, Java, C, R.
• Have a proven ability to provide insightful and well‑received technical feedback.
• Have excellent communication and organizational skills and be able to articulate technical information in an easy‑to‑understand manner.
• Possess experience with Internet protocols (DNS/HTTP/TLS/TCP).

Benefits

We support your health, well‑being, finances, and life beyond work. FlexBase program allows you to work in a way that suits you best: at home, in an office, or a combination. Akamai provides industry‑leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (PTO), sick time, family‑friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program with a focus on mental and financial wellness.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only, the base salary for this position ranges from $146,400 – $263,600 per year; additional compensation may include incentive compensation opportunities, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary.