Remote SRE II: Scalable Storage & Automation

Akamai Technologies; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II to design, deploy, and manage scalable storage platforms including Block and Object Storage. You will automate lifecycle tasks with Bash and Python, collaborate across teams, and help keep petabyte-scale systems reliable and observable.

You will work with Ceph, NGINX, SSL/TLS, and various automation tools, contributing to on-call rotations and cross-team projects to enhance performance and resilience.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Professional experience in a Site Reliability, Development, or Systems Engineering role, ideally with Ceph or storage systems.
• Experience with NGINX, SSL/TLS, load-balancing, and caching.
• Experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or SaltStack.
• Comfort writing code with Python and Bash.
• Experience troubleshooting Linux systems with tcpdump, iostat, strace, iftop, netstat, and iotop.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deploying storage systems to new locations and provisioning all storage-supporting infrastructure
• Automating repetitive tasks with Bash and Python, increasing the reliability of our storage platforms
• Partnering with multiple engineering teams to support infrastructure projects, improving the scalability of our storage platforms
• Collaborating with our support, operations, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex storage problems within our compute and networking stacks
• Improving our storage system monitoring and observability, enhancing performance and reliability
• Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues

Skills

Ceph

NGINX

Python

Bash

Load Balancing

Caching

Linux Tools

Networking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

SaltStack

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II to design, deploy, and manage scalable storage platforms including Block and Object Storage. You will automate lifecycle tasks with Bash and Python, collaborate across teams, and help keep petabyte-scale systems reliable and observable.

You will work with Ceph, NGINX, SSL/TLS, and various automation tools, contributing to on-call rotations and cross-team projects to enhance performance and resilience.