Senior SRE Lead — Drive Automation and Reliability (Remote)

Akamai; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and operate compute infrastructure and services in support of our Compute products. You will drive automation, define SLOs/KPIs, and lead project teams across engineering, product, and support.

Join a collaborative team focused on reliability at scale, troubleshooting complex issues, and guiding incident response while mentoring engineers and aligning technical work with business goals.

Qualifications

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale.
• Expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems.
• 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

Linux

Automation

System administration

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

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

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and operate compute infrastructure and services in support of our Compute products. You will drive automation, define SLOs/KPIs, and lead project teams across engineering, product, and support.

Join a collaborative team focused on reliability at scale, troubleshooting complex issues, and guiding incident response while mentoring engineers and aligning technical work with business goals.