Senior SRE — Scale Global Systems & Reliability (Remote)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 146,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join its Metadata Team in Austin, TX. You will leverage big data, distributed systems, network diagnostics and analytical skills to characterize performance, reliability and capacity of the system.

Responsibilities include tuning systems, guiding feature rollouts, developing monitoring tools, and solving complex incidents. The role requires 5 years of experience, Linux/Unix expertise and a degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Extensive experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and scripting, ideally with Python.
• Significant background in performance analytics and performance 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

• Tuning systems to optimize performance and to operate more reliably
• Providing ongoing technical assistance in areas including model database management, configuration management, and simulation runs
• Managing the rollout and activation of new features and platform changes
• Developing monitoring tools and automate processes to help scale our systems better
• Troubleshooting complex application issues, service incidents, performance and availability issues
• Providing expertise developing code that provides predictive results from analytical trending and modeling

Skills

Linux/Unix

Python

Performance analytics

Monitoring & troubleshooting

Postgres/SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join its Metadata Team in Austin, TX. You will leverage big data, distributed systems, network diagnostics and analytical skills to characterize performance, reliability and capacity of the system.

Responsibilities include tuning systems, guiding feature rollouts, developing monitoring tools, and solving complex incidents. The role requires 5 years of experience, Linux/Unix expertise and a degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.