Site Reliability Engineer II

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); Remote; USD 138,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

PTO

ESPP

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. invites applications for a Site Reliability Engineer II in Cambridge, MA (remote work allowed within the United States). You will help ensure performance, reliability, and security of our cloud platforms, deploy scalable systems, and automate cloud service deployments.

You will monitor services, analyze logs, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes to meet SLAs. We require a Master’s degree and two years of related experience, plus hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field plus two years of experience in SRE or related role.
• Two years of experience in production support, log analysis, RCA, security fixes, CI/CD, IaC, Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Python, Bash, GitLab, Linux, Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure application and network performance, reliability and security.
• Deploy and operate scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant systems.
• Automate cloud service deployments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud services to meet SLAs.
• Analyze logs and provide recommendations to ensure smooth service operation.

Skills

Production support

Root cause analysis

Security fixes

CI/CD pipelines

Agile

IaC

Ansible

Terraform

Salt

Python

Bash

GitLab

Linux

Jira

Confluence

Education

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer II

Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Job Description:

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Site Reliability Engineer II: Perform site reliability engineering duties in furtherance of ensuring application and network performance, reliability and security for users of our platforms; deploy and operate scalable, highly available, and faulttolerant systems; analyze and improve the security, stability, speed, and capacity of our network; automate new cloud service deployments; monitor and troubleshoot cloud services to ensure SLA is met and adequate capacity is available; analyze logs and events from the cloud service and providing recommendations to ensure smooth service operation; work within large-scale cloud-based infrastructure; quickly identify and resolve infrastructure issues. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the United States.

Required Qualification:

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Networking, Information Technology, Information Systems, or Telecommunications Engineering, plus two (2) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Must have: Two (2) years of experience in the following: Production support including interpreting system logs and collecting diagnostic data; root cause analysis; reviewing and implementing security vulnerability fixes; CI/CD pipe-lines; Agile; IaC; Ansible; Terraform; Salt; Python; Bash; GitLab; Linux; Jira; and Confluence.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm_source=akamai&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $138,237-$171,000 /year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmpative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.