Senior SRE – Compute Platform & Hardware Reliability

Akamai Technologies GmbH; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies GmbH seeks a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to advance server hardware enablement, Linux platform support, and dependable infrastructure for Akamai’s cloud services. You will own provisioning, firmware upgrade models, and cross‑team collaboration to ensure reliable behavior across datacenters.

Responsibilities include defining hardware qualification criteria, building scalable deployment pipelines, and driving observability and incident response.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux server platform knowledge with boot, storage, and hardware diagnostics.
• Proficiency in Python and shell scripting for automation and tooling.
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Hands-on with virtualization tech (KVM/QEMU/libvirt) and cloud-style operations.

Responsibilities

• Shape compute-platform qualification across x64, ARM, accelerators and inference hardware.
• Lead bare-metal provisioning, imaging configurations, and deployment pipelines.
• Improve reliability via telemetry, diagnostics, and safe rollout procedures.
• Investigate complex HW/SW incidents and guide engineering fixes across teams.

Skills

Linux

Python

BASH

CI/CD

Observability

Networking

Tools

KVM

QEMU

libvirt

Job description

Akamai Technologies GmbH seeks a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to advance server hardware enablement, Linux platform support, and dependable infrastructure for Akamai’s cloud services. You will own provisioning, firmware upgrade models, and cross‑team collaboration to ensure reliable behavior across datacenters.

Responsibilities include defining hardware qualification criteria, building scalable deployment pipelines, and driving observability and incident response.