SRE Platform Lead – Linux & Compute

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Company holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager Site Reliability Engineering to lead a team responsible for Linux platform engineering across Akamai's Compute services.

You will guide architecture, reliability, and deployment of core Linux platforms in datacenters globally. You will mentor engineers, drive project delivery, and collaborate with hardware, product, and operations teams to ensure scalable, secure, and observable systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Extensive experience with Linux internals, operating systems, and systems administration.
• Understand computer architecture, server hardware, and the interaction between hardware and operating systems.
• Track record of improving reliability, performance, security, and maintainability of production systems at scale.
• Effective communication and cross-team collaboration to drive technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of technical leads and Linux platform engineers.
• Setting technical direction and priorities for the team, balancing platform evolution, reliability, security, and operational needs.
• Driving engineering projects from requirements and design through implementation, validation, and deployment.
• Partnering with hardware, product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable Compute platforms.
• Improving platform observability, automation, and operational practices to reduce service disruptions and accelerate incident resolution.
• Leading the investigation and resolution of complex, service-impacting issues and supporting incident response and on-call operations.

Skills

Leadership

Linux internals

Computer architecture

Reliability engineering

Communication

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

KVM/QEMU

Linux kernel

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager Site Reliability Engineering to lead a team responsible for Linux platform engineering across Akamai's Compute services.

You will guide architecture, reliability, and deployment of core Linux platforms in datacenters globally. You will mentor engineers, drive project delivery, and collaborate with hardware, product, and operations teams to ensure scalable, secure, and observable systems.