Job DescriptionDo you enjoy solving large scale distributed systems problems?Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies and tackling system problems?Join our highly skilled Site Reliability teamOur team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We do all of this while maintaining Akamai's mission at the forefront of what we do: make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.
Partner with the bestIn this role, you'll participate in the day to day operations including the integrity, architecture, modeling, security, and performance tuning for our MySQL databases. You'll play a key role in managing and improving the health and stability of our MySQL instances. You'll regularly partner with development and systems groups to provide deep subject matter expertise in various projects.
As a Site Reliability Engineer II - Database, you will be responsible for:
- Installing, configure, upgrade, and migrate existing databases
- Responding to and resolving database related requests from other departments
- Defining database requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence the new designs and standards
- Identifying data security related issues and help with improving overall security of the database environment
- Collaborating with our support, operations and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems
- Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues
Do what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:
- Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
- Have 2+ years of experience with SQL database servers
- Have experience deploying and managing schemas
- Have experience working with developers, helping them with database development including schema design, indexing strategies, and query optimization
- Have knowledge of backup strategies and disaster recovery scenarios
CompensationAkamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $95,000 - $171,000/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.
