Akamai Technologies is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join its Platform & Reliability Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining, measuring, and optimizing key performance indicators for our delivery customers. You'll collaborate with product teams from the earliest development stages to ensure our systems meet high standards for reliability, scalability, and performance.
What You'll Do
- Work on Internet technologies to improve the performance, availability, and scalability of large distributed content delivery systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product & Engineering, to define and establish measurable SLIs and SLOs.
- Provide technical expertise and feedback to ensure system designs and implementations meet reliability and performance requirements.
- Monitor platform availability and performance, debug issues by leveraging data analysis skills, and implement corrective actions to avoid recurrence.
- Develop and implement automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce toil.
- Participate in design reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure designs meet requirements for scalability, performance, and robustness.
What We're Looking For
- 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
- Familiarity with Internet protocols (DNS/HTTP/TLS/TCP etc.).
- Experience utilizing Oracle SQL for data integrity checks, root cause analysis of data anomalies, and the development of data reports.
- Proficiency in Scripting languages (Python, bash, JavaScript etc).
- Experience with monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ADBMS, Datadog), including metric collection, alerting, dashboarding, and troubleshooting.
- Fluency working in a UNIX/Linux computing environment.
Technical Stack
- Oracle SQL
- Python, bash, JavaScript
- Prometheus, Grafana, ADBMS, Datadog
- UNIX/Linux
Team & Environment
You will join the Platform & Reliability Engineering team at Akamai.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range of $106,600 - $221,400/year for US candidates, plus equity awards.
- Healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- Company holidays
- Vacation (PTO)
- Sick time
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness
Work Mode
This is a global position.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.





