Site Reliability Engineer: AI-Powered Cloud Platform

Akamai

United States

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to own the reliability and performance of the Guardicore Data and AI Platform. You will operate secure Kubernetes infra for core microservices, data pipelines, and internal tooling, while driving observability, security, and cost efficiency.

You'll lead complex production investigations, mentor engineers, and leverage AI to auto-remediate incidents. Collaboration across DevOps, Software, Data, AI and Security teams is essential, with on-call

Qualifications

3+ years of SRE/DevOps/platform engineering experience with complex systems.
Ability to design and implement monitoring and observability strategies.
Production experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and multi-cloud environments.
Experience with GitOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
Scripting in Python, Go, and Bash; comfortable with AI tooling.

Responsibilities

Operate secure, highly available Kubernetes infrastructure for microservices and data pipelines.
Enhance platform reliability, observability, security, performance, and cost efficiency.
Provide guidance to engineers to improve service reliability.
Lead complex production investigations and drive long-term improvements.
Leverage AI tools to auto-remediate incidents and streamline operations.
Collaborate across DevOps, Software, Data, AI, and Security teams; participate in on-call rotations.