Senior Network Reliability Architect

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network to architect and deliver scalable network solutions for Akamai Connected Cloud. You will mentor engineers, set standards, and drive reliable deployments across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes deep TCP/IP knowledge, BGP, and automation with Python, Bash, Go, or Rust, plus CI/CD experience. Expect on-call rotations and a broad impact on global infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent experience.
• Experience in a Site or Network Reliability Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, or DevOps role working with large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing and firewall concepts.
• Advanced proficiency with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Salt Stack, Chef, Puppet, or similar.
• Experience with Linux networking at the userspace level and open source networking software such as FRR, Bird, or goBGP.
• Experience developing applications, contributing to codebases, conducting code reviews, and writing scripts using Python, Bash, Go, or Rust.
• Experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions, ArgoCD, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Architecting, building and supporting solutions that foster efficient and streamlined processes.
• Serving as a subject matter expert and mentor to team members, driving code quality standards and providing thought leadership on architectural decisions.
• Collaborating with the cross-functional teams on standards and processes for deployments and updating documentation accordingly
• Building/testing/designing automation tools (including Bash scripts, Python programs, Slack bots) and working closely with network developers
• Defining SLOs for network infrastructure within the Akamai Connected Cloud to ensure high availability and performance.
• Collaborating with our support, operations, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex network-related problems including participation in on-call rotations.

Skills

TCP/IP

BGP

Load balancing

Firewall concepts

Linux networking

Python

Go

Rust

Bash

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ansible

Salt Stack

Chef

Puppet

FRR

Bird

goBGP

Jenkins

Github Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network to architect and deliver scalable network solutions for Akamai Connected Cloud. You will mentor engineers, set standards, and drive reliable deployments across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes deep TCP/IP knowledge, BGP, and automation with Python, Bash, Go, or Rust, plus CI/CD experience. Expect on-call rotations and a broad impact on global infrastructure.