Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Akamai Technologies; United States; Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their innovative team. You will manage applications and infrastructure supporting the Compute platform, enhancing reliability and performance while working with cutting-edge technologies. This role offers a flexible working environment as part of a commitment to employee well-being, comprehensive benefits, and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Comprehensive health benefits

401K savings plan

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience with Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
• Experience automating with Python and/or Golang.
• Expertise in configuration management tools like Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Ensure uptime of Compute services and critical infrastructure.
• Collaborate with teams to create tooling and software for system monitoring.
• Participate in on-call rotations for service-impacting issues.

Skills

Python

Golang

Linux Administration

Automation

Monitoring Tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

SaltStack

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

Redis

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Job Description

Do you like collaborating across teams to solve complex problems?

Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies and tackling system problems?

Join our highly-skilled Site Reliability team!

Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We create solutions that manage our Compute platform, focusing on cloud interfaces - Compute Portals and APIs. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission to make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.

Job Description

Do you like collaborating across teams to solve complex problems?

Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies and tackling system problems?

Join our highly-skilled Site Reliability team!

Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We create solutions that manage our Compute platform, focusing on cloud interfaces - Compute Portals and APIs. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission to make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.

Partner with the best

In this role, you'll ensure the operation and uptime of our Compute services and infrastructure. You'll supervise and maintain our critical infrastructure. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to create tooling and software that monitors and improves the reliability of our systems. You'll work with various technologies as we release brand new applications and modernize our existing tooling.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Deploying and maintaining the platform and tools used internally
• Partnering with multiple teams to ensure the availability, reliability, scalability and usability of our products and services
• Improving our Compute Cloud Interface platform to speed error detection and remediation, enhancing performance and reliability
• Developing and improving automation to support daily activities and reduce toil
• Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues
• Collaborating with internal teams to help troubleshoot and resolve escalations and incidents for our customers.
  
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Have experience automating with programming languages such as Python and/or Golang
• Possess an understanding of best practices related to systems reliability, observability and monitoring incl. adherence to SLOs.
• Have experience with configuration management tools such as SaltStack, Terraform and Ansible, as well as CI/CD solutions such as Jenkins
• Have hands-on mastery in Linux administration and container-based platforms like Docker
• Have experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus or Grafana and performance optimization solutions, such as Redis.
  
  

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

Benefits

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors
  
  

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $106,600 - $221,400/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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