Senior Site Reliability Engineer II Lead

November 10

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Akamai Technologies

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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.

5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2001-07

📋 Description

• Ensure the operation and uptime of Compute services and infrastructure. • Supervise and maintain critical infrastructure. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create tooling and software that monitors and improves the reliability of systems. • Work with various technologies as new applications are released and existing tooling is modernized. • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and support to SRE and project teams. • Define requirements during the product lifecycle to influence design, standards, and operational readiness. • Partner with engineering, operations, and support teams to ensure availability and reliability of platforms. • Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues. • Develop and enhance automation tools to streamline operations and improve performance. • Manage and improve Compute identity & access management platforms.

🎯 Requirements

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with relevant hands-on experience in infrastructure and software architecture at scale. • Have proven track record of ownership and delivering results, including leading engineering teams (5+ members) and aligning with strategic business goals. • Be proficient in reducing manual toil through automation using Python and/or Golang, with working knowledge of scripting languages. • Be experienced in infrastructure automation tools like SaltStack, Terraform, and Ansible, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or CloudBees. • Have expertise in Linux administration, Docker-based environments, and Kubernetes; skilled in optimizing performance using tools like Redis. • Be familiar with observability tools, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Sentry, NewRelic, and web proxies such as Nginx/Envoy/HAProxy • Have understanding of SLOs and system reliability principles.

🏖️ Benefits

• Your health • Your finances • Your family • Your time at work • Your time pursuing other endeavours