Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Remote

Lensa; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to enhance the stability and safety of their global network. You will lead a team, design cloud strategies, and collaborate across various teams to ensure system reliability. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible working options.

Benefits

Health benefits

401K

Work-life balance

Flexible working options

Comprehensive wellness programs

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Professional experience in SRE, Development, or Systems Engineering.
• Deep understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of experienced SRE Engineers.
• Designing and implementing cloud strategies and policies.
• Collaborating during application issues or service incidents.

Skills

Networking

Security

Unix/Linux internals

Distributed systems

Systems design

Programming (Python, Bash)

Automation tools (Terraform, Ansible)

Monitoring and logging tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Salt Stack

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Job description

Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Remote

Lensa is the leading career site for job seekers at every stage of their career. Our client, Akamai, is seeking professionals. Apply via Lensa today!

Would you enjoy improving the stability and safety of one of the largest global networks?

Would you enjoy hands-on network operations work on a global scale to improve operational efficiency?

Join our Platform Security Engineering Team

The Platform Security Engineering team supports and secures Akamai's global network and Linode cloud systems, focusing on data security, server integrity, network access, and secure communications infrastructure. This is an opportunity to build software for one of the largest platforms in the world!

Partner with the best

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will collaborate across software development, operations, and network infrastructure teams to improve and measure system reliability. You will leverage programming, distributed systems, troubleshooting, and analytical skills to enhance system reliability and capacity.

As a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer, your responsibilities include:

• Leading and mentoring a team of experienced SRE Engineers
• Designing and implementing cloud strategies and policies
• Partnering across teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and usability
• Designing architecture and overseeing implementation of complex cloud solutions
• Defining requirements to influence new designs and standards
• Developing tools and automation pipelines for development, testing, and deployment
• Collaborating during application issues or service incidents to troubleshoot network problems
• Maintaining high SLA targets, ensuring system uptime and performance

Do What You Love

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Professional experience in SRE, Development, or Systems Engineering with large-scale distributed systems
• Deep understanding of networking, security, Unix/Linux internals, distributed systems, and systems design
• Experience with programming or scripting languages like Python or Bash
• Experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or Salt Stack
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's flexible work program, allows 95% of employees to work from home, the office, or both. We are open to discussing flexible working options for this role. Please speak with your recruiter for more details.

Learn more about working at Akamai: https://www.akamai.com/careers

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We power and protect life online, by solving tough challenges together.

At Akamai, we value diversity, curiosity, innovation, and collaboration. We celebrate diversity of thought and believe in making a meaningful difference. Our global perspectives help us prioritize customers, so if you're people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Benefits

We offer opportunities to grow and achieve, with benefits covering:

• Health
• Finances
• Family
• Work-life balance
• Personal pursuits

Our benefits are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, now and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects online life. Leading companies worldwide trust us to build, deliver, and secure digital experiences, helping billions live, work, and play every day. Our extensive distributed compute platform from cloud to edge makes it easy to develop and run applications, bringing experiences closer to users and threats further away.

Join us

If you're looking to make a difference in a global company with exciting services and clients, join us and grow with a team that energizes and inspires you!

Akamai is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, veteran status, disability, or other protected groups.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Compensation

The base salary ranges from $106,600 to $221,400 annually, depending on experience, skills, certifications, and location. The package may include bonuses, incentives, equity awards, and stock purchase plans. We also offer comprehensive benefits including healthcare, 401K, holidays, PTO, sick leave, parental leave, and wellness programs.