Senior II SRE Lead — Cloud, Linux & Hardware Reliability

Akamai Technologies GmbH

Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 146,000 - 264,000

Full time

2 days ago
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401K savings plan
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Vacation (PTO)
Sick time
Parental leave
Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies GmbH in Cambridge, MA invites a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer Lead to join our remote-capable team supporting Akamai's Compute products. You will architect and deploy changes to software, services, and hardware-enabled platforms, leading a skilled multi-national team across on-call rotations.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of experience, deep Linux kernel and virtualization expertise (KVM/QEMU, ARM) and hands-on automation with SaltStack and Ansible, to scale our edge

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in a senior engineering or SRE role.
  • Deep understanding of hardware and Linux features for ARM, including NVIDIA Grace.
  • Advanced Linux kernel, OS, KVM/QEMU, and nested virtualization knowledge.
  • Experience designing, developing and deploying software and infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, develop, test, and distribute changes to software and services for HIVE hardware platforms.
  • Enhance HIVE observability to detect and fix problems before impacting customers.
  • Mentor team members and build SME knowledge of HIVE components.
  • Automate infrastructure and processes; collaborate across support, operations, and engineering.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and guide restoration of service-impacting issues.

Skills

Linux kernel mastery
KVM/QEMU
Nested virtualization
ARM architecture (NVIDIA Grace)
DevOps / large-scale systems
SaltStack
Ansible
Distributed systems
Mentoring / leadership
On-call experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

SaltStack
Ansible
KVM/QEMU

Job description

Akamai Technologies GmbH in Cambridge, MA invites a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer Lead to join our remote-capable team supporting Akamai's Compute products. You will architect and deploy changes to software, services, and hardware-enabled platforms, leading a skilled multi-national team across on-call rotations.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of experience, deep Linux kernel and virtualization expertise (KVM/QEMU, ARM) and hands-on automation with SaltStack and Ansible, to scale our edge

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