As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will perform system analysis and troubleshooting, assess performance and capacity of our platform, and make improvement recommendations. Having identified improvements, you'll work with engineering and the SRE teams to implement new features and products. In this rewarding role you will help shape the direction of our products and services and how we deploy our network.
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Testing inefficiencies and fragilities and write software or infrastructure fixes. You must be fluent in both software code and IaC
- Designing and work with Engineering or the SRE team to build automation or provide self-service tools
- Leveraging skills in data analysis, network diagnostics and debugging tools to characterize performance and capacity of large-scale distributed systems
- Designing, managing and tracking of Akamai's platform related KPIs to identify trends and changes to improve performance
- Investigating proactively and analyzing platform performance to identify opportunities to maintain and enhance our advantage
- Collaborating with internal teams to help trouble-shoot and resolve escalations and incidents for our customers
- Working with cross-functional teams to gather customer requirements and influence how the business deploys and operates capacity
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have relevant experience and knowledge in Computer Science or another quantitative discipline
- Demonstrate experience in developing solutions Python, bash, or other languages
- Demonstrate experience in internet protocols such as DNS, HTTP, TCP
- Have experience working with and analyzing complex systems in Linux, VM, and Kubernetes production environments
- Show excellent communication skills and articulate technical information in a clear and easy to understand manner
- Display excellent organization skills, managing priorities and multiple tasks
- Be a self-starter, proactively taking the initiative to solve problems and have a drive to improve results
Working for you
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.