Principal Network SRE - Hybrid Work & Impact

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network to design, build and operate scalable network infrastructure supporting Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will collaborate across software development, operations, and Compute stakeholders to establish standards and tooling for growth and stability. Role requires deep knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing, and firewall concepts, plus automation with Python/Go/Bash and extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines and

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience in Site/Network Reliability, Network/Software/DevOps roles with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing and firewall concepts.
• Proficiency with configuration management tools: Ansible, Salt Stack, Chef, Puppet or similar.
• Experience with Linux networking and open source routes like FRR/Bird/goBGP.
• Proficient in Python, Bash, Go, or Rust; familiarity with CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build and support solutions for efficient and streamlined network processes.
• Mentor team members, drive code quality, and shape architectural decisions.
• Collaborate on deployment standards and update documentation with teams.
• Develop automation tools and scripts (Bash, Python, Slack bots) with network developers.
• Define SLOs for Akamai Connected Cloud network infrastructure for high availability.
• Work with support, operations, and engineering to investigate complex network issues and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

TCP/IP

BGP

Load balancing

Firewall concepts

Python

Go

Rust

Bash

Linux networking

CI/CD

Jenkins

Github Actions

ArgoCD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Ansible

Salt Stack

Chef

Puppet

FRR

Bird

goBGP

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network to design, build and operate scalable network infrastructure supporting Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will collaborate across software development, operations, and Compute stakeholders to establish standards and tooling for growth and stability. Role requires deep knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing, and firewall concepts, plus automation with Python/Go/Bash and extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines and