Hybrid SRE Platform Manager – Linux & Cloud Infra

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 152,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering to lead and grow a team of Linux platform engineers.

You will define priorities, drive projects end-to-end, and partner with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver reliable Compute platforms. Success requires extensive Linux expertise, strong leadership, and a track record of improving reliability, security, and performance at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a relevant engineering leadership role.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Extensive experience with Linux internals, operating systems, and systems administration.
• Understanding of computer architecture, server hardware, and interactions with OSes.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of technical leads and Linux platform engineers.
• Setting technical direction and priorities for the team, balancing platform evolution, reliability, security, and operational needs.
• Driving engineering projects from requirements and design through implementation, validation, and deployment.
• Partnering with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable Compute platforms.
• Improving platform observability, automation, and operational practices to reduce service disruptions and accelerate incident resolution.
• Leading the investigation and resolution of complex, service-impacting issues and supporting incident response and on-call operations.

Skills

Leadership

Linux expertise

System administration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

KVM/QEMU

Automation tools

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering to lead and grow a team of Linux platform engineers.

You will define priorities, drive projects end-to-end, and partner with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver reliable Compute platforms. Success requires extensive Linux expertise, strong leadership, and a track record of improving reliability, security, and performance at scale.