Senior Network SRE & Automation Leader

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network to architect, build, and support scalable network infrastructure for Akamai Connected Cloud. You will mentor teams, set architecture standards, and drive deployment discipline across cross-functional partners.

Join a role focused on high availability, performance, and automation, contributing to edge and cloud delivery. Experience with large distributed systems and open source networking is essential.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Site or Network Reliability/Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, or DevOps for large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing and firewall concepts.
• Proficiency with configuration management tools (Ansible/Salt Stack/Chef/Puppet or similar).
• Experience with Linux networking at userspace level and open source networking software (FRR, Bird, goBGP).
• Experience developing applications, contributing to codebases, code reviews, and scripting (Python, Bash, Go, or Rust).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (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 cross-functional teams on deployment standards and updating documentation accordingly
• Building, testing, and designing automation tools (Bash scripts, Python programs, Slack bots) and collaborating with network developers
• Defining SLOs for network infrastructure within Akamai Connected Cloud to ensure high availability and performance
• Collaborating with support, operations, and engineering teams to troubleshoot complex network-related problems and participate in on-call rotations

Skills

TCP/IP

BGP

Load balancing

Firewall concepts

Python

Bash

Go

Rust

Linux networking

Code reviews

CI/CD tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Ansible

SaltStack

Chef

Puppet

FrR / goBGP / Bird

Jenkins

Github Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network to architect, build, and support scalable network infrastructure for Akamai Connected Cloud. You will mentor teams, set architecture standards, and drive deployment discipline across cross-functional partners.

Join a role focused on high availability, performance, and automation, contributing to edge and cloud delivery. Experience with large distributed systems and open source networking is essential.