Akamai Technologies

Senior II Site Reliability Engineer

Akamai Technologies$146K — $263K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in relevant experience or equivalent education
  • Experience in Site/Near Network Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, or DevOps roles
  • Proficient with configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
  • Familiar with Linux networking and open-source software like FRR or Bird
  • Skilled in scripting and application development using Python, Bash, or Go
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Github Actions

Responsibilities

  • Partner with teams to ensure reliability and scalability of network services
  • Define requirements during the product lifecycle to enhance designs
  • Develop automation pipelines for development and deployment
  • Set SLOs for network infrastructure within Akamai Connected Cloud
  • Collaborate with teams to troubleshoot and resolve network issues
  • Mentor team members and drive code quality standards
  • Influence architectural decisions with thought leadership

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • 401K savings plan with company contribution
  • Generous paid time off and sick leave
  • Family-friendly benefits including parental leave
  • Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness
  • Eligibility for equity awards and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer II, you will collaborate across software development, operations teams and network infrastructure teams. You'll be instrumental in developing organizational standards and tooling to ensure the growth and stability of our global platform. You will be responsible for:

As a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:
  • Partnering across teams to ensure the reliability, scalability and usability of our network infrastructure, products, and services.
  • Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence new designs and standards.
  • Developing automation pipelines to support development, testing, and deployment workflows.
  • Defining SLOs for network infrastructure within the Akamai Connected Cloud to ensure high availability and performance.
  • Working with Dev and Quality Assurance teams to create more robust solutions, code improvement and stability.
  • Collaborating with our support, operations, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex network-related problems including participation in on-call rotations.
  • Serving as a mentor to team members, driving code quality standards and providing thought leadership on architectural decisions.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:
  • 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent
  • Have experience in a Site or Network Reliability Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, or DevOps role working with large-scale distributed systems
  • Have advanced proficiency with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Salt Stack, Chef, Puppet, or similar
  • Have experience with Linux networking at the userspace level and open source networking software such as FRR, Bird, or goBGP
  • Have experience developing applications, contributing to codebases, conducting code review, and writing scripts using languages such as Python, Bash, or Go
  • Have experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions, ArgoCD, or similar

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $146,400 - $263,600/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.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a global content delivery network (CDN), cybersecurity, and cloud service company. The company provides web and mobile performance solutions, cloud security solutions, enterprise access solutions, and video delivery solutions. Akamai was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company serves a wide range of industries, including media and entertainment, gaming, software, financial services, healthcare, and others. Akamai is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol AKAM.
Learn more about Akamai Technologies
Size
8,700 employees
Market Cap
$13 billion
Industry
Net Income
$557 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+8.1%
Revenue
$3.1 billion
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