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Akamai Technologies

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5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2001-07

Cloud Computing • Cybersecurity • Content Delivery

Akamai Technologies is a leading cloud services provider that specializes in delivering security, cloud computing, and content delivery solutions. It offers a range of services such as API security, DDoS protection, and performance optimization for web applications, ensuring secure and reliable user experiences. With a robust global infrastructure, Akamai empowers businesses to streamline their digital presence while safeguarding against various cyber threats and enhancing application performance.

📋 Description

• Analyzing system performance, identify problems, design, develop, and implement solutions. • Extending metrics collection and create visualizations to better quantify systems performance. • Building tooling to help identify system performance problems faster. • Training other Akamai engineers to identify performance issues. • Working with teams across the company to implement your solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent. • Extensive programming experience in C, as well as experience in Python, Bash, or Perl. • Deep understanding of the Linux kernel and computer system architectures. • Experience with virtualization technologies (Qemu, KVM) and hardware offload technologies (VDPA, DPDK, SR-IOV). • Experience with performance analysis tools like Linux perf, bcc tools, BPF, etc. • Experience with concurrent programming, data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis. • Proficiency with network protocols, including IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP.

🏖️ Benefits

• We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. • Eligibility requirements apply. • Annual bonus or incentives. • Equity awards. • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). • Industry-leading healthcare benefits. • Family friendly benefits including employee assistance program.