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Senior II Site Reliability Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience automating with programming languages such as Python and/or Golang
  • Understanding of best practices related to systems reliability, observability and monitoring
  • Hands-on mastery in Linux administration and container-based platforms like Docker

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the operation and uptime of Compute services and infrastructure
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create tooling and software for system reliability
  • Participate in on-call rotations for service-impacting issues
  • Improve Automation to support daily activities and reduce toil

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

Cloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryCloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)
Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

Do you enjoy collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges?

Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies?

Join our highly skilled Site Reliability Engineering team!

Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We create solutions that manage our Compute platform, focusing on cloud interfaces - Compute Portals and APIs. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission to make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.

Partner with the best

In this role, you'll ensure the operation and uptime of our Compute services and infrastructure. You'll supervise and maintain our critical infrastructure. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to create tooling and software that monitors and improves the reliability of our systems. You'll work with various technologies as we release brand new applications and modernize our existing tooling.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be:

  • Providing support and mentorship for other SRE engineers within the team
  • Deploying and maintaining the platform and tools used internally
  • Improving our Compute Cloud Interface platform to speed error detection and remediation, enhancing performance and reliability
  • Developing and improving automation to support daily activities and reduce toil
  • Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues
  • Collaborating with internal teams to help troubleshoot and resolve escalations and incidents for our customers.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have an extensive relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
  • Have experience automating with programming languages such as Python and/or Golang as well as scripting languages i.e. bash
  • Possess an understanding of best practices related to systems reliability, observability and monitoring incl. adherence to SLOs.
  • Have experience with configuration management tools such as SaltStack, Terraform and Ansible, as well as CI/CD solutions such as Jenkins
  • Have hands-on mastery in Linux administration and container-based platforms like Docker
  • Have hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki, web proxies (i.e. nginx/envoy/haproxy) and performance optimization solutions, such as Redis.

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.

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