Senior SRE – Global Network & Metadata (Hybrid, Equity)

Akamai Technologies; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Metadata Team within the Platform Communications group. You will work on distributed systems that underpin Akamai's global network, enabling fast and reliable configuration and control services for global content delivery.

You will leverage big data, network diagnostics and analytics to characterize performance, reliability and capacity, and help create test and simulation tools to support performance analysis across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in site reliability engineering or similar
• Extensive experience with Linux/Unix systems and scripting (Python preferred)
• Significant background in performance analytics and optimization
• Ability to monitor systems and applications for performance
• Experience with database queries or big data technologies (Postgres/SQL)
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Tune systems to optimize performance and reliability
• Provide ongoing technical assistance in areas including model database management and configuration management
• Manage rollout and activation of new features and platform changes
• Develop monitoring tools and automate processes to scale systems
• Troubleshoot complex application issues, incidents, and availability problems
• Develop code that provides predictive results from analytics and modeling

Skills

Linux/Unix

Python

Scripting

Performance analytics

Monitoring

Postgres/SQL

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Metadata Team within the Platform Communications group. You will work on distributed systems that underpin Akamai's global network, enabling fast and reliable configuration and control services for global content delivery.

You will leverage big data, network diagnostics and analytics to characterize performance, reliability and capacity, and help create test and simulation tools to support performance analysis across