Senior SDET: Linux Kernel, Hardware & CI Automation

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare

401K savings plan

PTO / paid time off

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Linux Infrastructure engineer within the Cloud Platform Infrastructure Group—Linux Infrastructure—to lead test strategy for Akamai's custom Linux kernel, with a focus on hardware compatibility, performance, reliability and security.

You will design scalable automated test frameworks, validate new hardware designs, and drive continuous integration and testing improvements while working with senior engineers to raise quality standards across the testing

Qualifications

• Experience designing and scaling automated test frameworks for kernel-level software.
• Experience debugging low-level system issues in test environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and scaling advanced automated test frameworks to validate the hardware compatibility, performance, reliability, and security of Akamai's Linux kernel and OS imaging process
• Developing test suites validating new hardware designs; facilitate porting existing Akamai modifications to newer versions of the Linux kernel and VM infrastructure software
• Debugging, isolating, and troubleshooting complex, low-level system issues found in a variety of testing and simulated production environments
• Architecting and enhancing existing build and test automation infrastructure to achieve robust, continuous integration and testing
• Learning a variety of new technical skills with an advanced team of Senior engineers, improving quality standards of the testing organization

Skills

Automated testing frameworks

Linux kernel testing

CI/CD

Debugging complex systems

Hardware platform validation

VM infrastructure software

Tools

Linux

Kernel build tools

CI systems (e.g., Jenkins)

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Linux Infrastructure engineer within the Cloud Platform Infrastructure Group—Linux Infrastructure—to lead test strategy for Akamai's custom Linux kernel, with a focus on hardware compatibility, performance, reliability and security.

You will design scalable automated test frameworks, validate new hardware designs, and drive continuous integration and testing improvements while working with senior engineers to raise quality standards across the testing