Hybrid Site Reliability Engineer — AI Tools & Cloud Edge

Socket.dev; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to improve reliability, performance, and scalability of Compute platforms. You will fix complex Linux/network issues, build automation, and apply AI-assisted tooling to speed incident response.

Ideal candidates have a CS/CE degree, experience with distributed systems, and proficiency in Python or Go, plus hands-on with Prometheus/Grafana/Loki and Docker/Kubernetes or Nomad. This is a US-based role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems
• Linux and networking knowledge including routing, DNS, firewalls, TCP/IP, and L7 traffic management
• Proficient in Python or Go
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar
• Experience with infrastructure automation or configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Salt, or similar
• Familiar with Docker or Podman and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Nomad

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting complex issues across Linux systems, networking, and distributed services.
• Building software and automation to reduce toil and improve efficiency.
• Developing and applying AI-assisted tooling to accelerate incident investigation and reliability.
• Using data analysis and network diagnostics to identify improvements.
• Establishing and improving monitoring, alerting, SLIs, and SLOs for critical services.
• Contributing to root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Partnering with Engineering to improve system design and operational readiness.
• Participating in on-call rotation and leading incident response.

Skills

Linux

Networking

Python or Go

Observability tools

Infra automation

Containers

Kubernetes/Nomad

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Podman

Terraform

Ansible

Salt

Kubernetes

Nomad

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

ELK/OpenSearch

Job description

Akamai is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to improve reliability, performance, and scalability of Compute platforms. You will fix complex Linux/network issues, build automation, and apply AI-assisted tooling to speed incident response.

Ideal candidates have a CS/CE degree, experience with distributed systems, and proficiency in Python or Go, plus hands-on with Prometheus/Grafana/Loki and Docker/Kubernetes or Nomad. This is a US-based role with competitive compensation and benefits.