Job DescriptionAs a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer - Network, 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.
- Serving as a mentor to team members, driving code quality standards and providing thought leadership on architectural decisions.
Do what you loveTo 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 an understanding of networking such as TCP/IP, OSI model, and Cisco or Juniper routers and switches
- 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
CompensationAkamai 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.
