Senior II Site Reliability Engineer (VHP Team)
Job Description
Cutting-edge technology enthusiasts wanted!
Solving complex content delivery challenges is your thing?
We invite you to join our skilled Site Reliability team.
We design, develop, and manage applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. Our mission drives everything we do: make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.
Collaborate with the Best
As a Senior II SRE, you will create solutions that improve automation and efficiencies across all internal teams. You will drive automation, operational excellence, and support our customer-facing applications and infrastructure. This requires creative thinking combined with deep domain expertise in Linux systems administration, configuration management, performance tuning, and hardware engineering.
Your Key Responsibilities:
* Support and mentor other Linux engineers within the department
* Collaborate with support, operations, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems
* Enhance our system monitoring and analysis platform to speed error detection and remediation, improve performance and reliability
What We Need from You:
* Demonstrate LFCS certificate level knowledge or equivalent
* Hold a Bachelor's diploma in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
* Possess expert experience in SRE, DevOps, Development, or SysAdmin roles working with large-scale distributed systems
* Have deep knowledge of Linux Kernel, performance tuning, hardening services; knowledge about QEMU is a plus
* Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python / Golang) and configuration management with Terraform / SaltStack
* Experience architecting software and infrastructure at scale
* Able to work in alignment with strategic business initiatives and coordinate the work of other engineers
* Informed opinions on technology and software design are a must
Flexibility at Work
You can work in a way that suits you best. FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, office, or both (in the country advertised). We discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter when applying.
About Us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences, helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge, we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, keeping experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
Akamai Technologies values diversity and is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
Role Details
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Function: Engineering and Information Technology, Software Development