Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer — Automation & Scale

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase

ESPP

401K

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and manage scalable compute infrastructure and services. You will drive automation, operational excellence, and reliability for customer-facing applications and infrastructure.

You’ll lead cross-functional teams, define requirements, and own SLOs/KPIs while collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support to resolve complex incidents and improvements.

Qualifications

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• Have experience with architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale
• Possess expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems
• Have the 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 experience

Hardware architecture

DevOps/sysadmin

Distributed systems

Tech strategy

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and manage scalable compute infrastructure and services. You will drive automation, operational excellence, and reliability for customer-facing applications and infrastructure.

You’ll lead cross-functional teams, define requirements, and own SLOs/KPIs while collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support to resolve complex incidents and improvements.