Senior II Network SRE — Hybrid/Remote Reliability Leader

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer - Network to safeguard and optimize our global network infrastructure. You will partner with software, operations, and network teams to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will define SLOs, build automation pipelines, and mentor teammates while contributing to architectural decisions. The role requires 8+ years in SRE/DevOps and strong Linux networking knowledge with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, Network or DevOps roles.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficient with config management tools (Ansible, Salt Stack, Chef, Puppet).
• Experience with Linux networking and FRR/Bird/goBGP.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, Cisco/Juniper devices.
• Experience with Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, ArgoCD.

Responsibilities

• Partner across teams to ensure the reliability, scalability and usability of our network infrastructure, products, and services.
• Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence new designs and standards.
• Developing automation pipelines to support development, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Defining SLOs for network infrastructure within the Akamai Connected Cloud to ensure high availability and performance.
• Working with Dev and Quality Assurance teams to create more robust solutions, code improvement and stability.
• Serving as a mentor to team members, driving code quality standards and providing thought leadership on architectural decisions.

Skills

SRE experience

Distributed systems

Python

Bash

Go

CI/CD

Jenkins

Github Actions

ArgoCD

Ansible

SaltStack

Chef

Puppet

Linux networking

FRR

Bird

goBGP

TCP/IP

OSI model

Cisco

Juniper

Code review

Mentoring

Architecture decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ansible

Salt Stack

Chef

Puppet

Jenkins

Github Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer - Network to safeguard and optimize our global network infrastructure. You will partner with software, operations, and network teams to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability across Akamai Connected Cloud.

You will define SLOs, build automation pipelines, and mentor teammates while contributing to architectural decisions. The role requires 8+ years in SRE/DevOps and strong Linux networking knowledge with