Senior Site Reliability Lead: Automation & Scale (Remote)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K savings plan

PTO / paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize scalable compute infrastructure and services. You will drive automation, define requirements, and lead project teams to deliver reliable systems.

You will participate in on-call rotations, establish SLOs/KPIs, and collaborate across Engineering, Product, and Support to prevent incidents and improve performance.

Qualifications

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Have experience with architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale.
• Possess expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems.
• Have the ability to align with strategic business initiatives and coordinate the work of other engineers.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills.
• Possess informed opinions on technology and software design to bring to the table.

Responsibilities

• Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence the new designs and standards
• Providing support, leadership and motivation for project teams
• Creating and maintaining SLOs and KPIs, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support teams
• Engaging with our support, operations, hardware, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post-mortem reviews
• Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues

Skills

Distributed systems

DevOps

SysAdmin

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize scalable compute infrastructure and services. You will drive automation, define requirements, and lead project teams to deliver reliable systems.

You will participate in on-call rotations, establish SLOs/KPIs, and collaborate across Engineering, Product, and Support to prevent incidents and improve performance.