SRE Lead: Linux Platform & Cloud Infra

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 152,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager Site Reliability Engineering to lead our Linux platform team responsible for foundational Linux platforms across Akamai Cloud.

You will mentor technical leads and partner with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable Compute platforms. You will drive projects end-to-end, improve observability and automation, guide incident response, and set technical direction while balancing reliability, security, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
• Experience leading Linux platform teams.
• Extensive experience with Linux internals and systems administration.
• Understanding of computer architecture and server hardware.
• Track record of improving reliability and scalability.
• Strong cross-team collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of technical leads and Linux platform engineers.
• Set direction and priorities balancing platform evolution, reliability, and security.
• Drive projects from requirements to deployment.
• Partner with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams.
• Improve observability, automation, and incident response practices.
• Lead investigations and resolve high-severity issues.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Linux internals

Operating systems

Server hardware

Cross-team collaboration

Incident resolution

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

KVM/QEMU

Linux kernel

System administration

Virtualization

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager Site Reliability Engineering to lead our Linux platform team responsible for foundational Linux platforms across Akamai Cloud.

You will mentor technical leads and partner with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable Compute platforms. You will drive projects end-to-end, improve observability and automation, guide incident response, and set technical direction while balancing reliability, security, and