Lead Site Reliability Engineer – Automation & Scale (Hybrid)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Helena (MT); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable compute infrastructure and automation. You will drive incident management, SLOs, and collaboration across engineering, product, and support teams.

You will lead design discussions, mentor teams, and ensure reliable, high-performance services at scale in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale.
• Expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems.
• Ability to align with strategic business initiatives and coordinate the work of other engineers.
• Excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills.
• Informed opinions on technology and software design.

Responsibilities

• Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence the new designs and standards.
• Providing support, leadership and motivation for project teams.
• Creating and maintaining SLOs and KPIs, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support teams.
• Engaging with our support, operations, hardware, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post-mortem reviews.
• Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Distributed systems

System administration

Cross-functional coordination

Communication skills

Mentorship

Software design

Education

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

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable compute infrastructure and automation. You will drive incident management, SLOs, and collaboration across engineering, product, and support teams.

You will lead design discussions, mentor teams, and ensure reliable, high-performance services at scale in a dynamic environment.