Junior Linux Engineer: Cloud Ops & Incident Response

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Lansing (MI)

On-site

USD 66,000 - 118,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Junior Linux Engineer to join our Cloud services team. You will monitor system health, identify incidents, escalate issues, and work with senior engineers to improve reliability.

You will also maintain monitoring tools and dashboards to support production operations. You should have 2+ years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's degree, and familiarity with Linux basics, Docker/K8s, and Ansible concepts.

Qualifications

2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree.
Foundational knowledge of Linux administration (filesystems, permissions, processes, networking).
Hands-on experience with Docker/K8s (running containers/pods, basic images, logs, troubleshooting).
Basic understanding of Ansible language concepts (registers, memory layouts, low-level operations).
Familiarity with command-line tools, SSH, and common system utilities.
Ability to follow procedures and escalate issues accurately.
Available for on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

Perform monitoring shifts to ensure system availability and performance.
Identify incidents, perform initial troubleshooting, and escalate per procedures.
Document incidents, steps taken, and outcomes clearly.
Assist in maintaining and improving monitoring tools like Grafana and DataDog and dashboards.
Follow predefined runbooks to ensure consistent handling of events.