Remote Senior Site Reliability Lead — Automation & Scale

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

FlexBase program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and run highly scalable compute infrastructure and services.

You will drive automation, and partner with Engineering, Product, and Support to maintain service levels and operational excellence. You will lead complex incident investigations, define SLOs/KPIs, mentor teams, and influence designs across hardware, software, and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience with 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.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills.
• Possess informed opinions on technology and software design to bring to the table.

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

5+ years exp

Bachelor's degree

Distributed systems

Leadership

Communication

Tech vision

Education

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

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and run highly scalable compute infrastructure and services.

You will drive automation, and partner with Engineering, Product, and Support to maintain service levels and operational excellence. You will lead complex incident investigations, define SLOs/KPIs, mentor teams, and influence designs across hardware, software, and infrastructure.