Site Reliability Engineer II

Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies and tackling system

problems?

Are you a self-starting professional who thrives in a dynamic environment?

Join our Site Reliability team

Our Team builds and delivers highly secure network security frameworks to

protect our customers. We collaborate to create next-generation initiatives

supporting automation, deployment, and monitoring of 3rd party cloud

infrastructure.

Help us shape the future of the Internet

In this role you'll provide advanced cloud operations for the top-of-the-line

security products on the market, including our unique Zero Trust Security

platform. You'll be focusing on a cutting-edge suite of services to ensure

application and network performance, reliability and security for users

connecting through the Akamai Zero Trust platform.

As a Site Reliability Engineer II, you will be responsible for:

* Ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of critical systems

and services

* Designing, implementing, and maintaining automation tools and processes to

streamline and enhance operational tasks, system provisioning, and

configuration management.

* Implementing and maintaining robust monitoring and alerting systems to

proactively identify and address potential issues before they impact users.

* Collaborating with the security team to implement and maintain best practices

for securing systems and data.

* Identifying opportunities for process improvements, implement best practices,

and drive the adoption of new technologies to enhance system reliability and

efficiency.

* Identifying and optimize performance bottlenecks in systems, applications,

and infrastructure components.

* Maintaining high availability of an infrastructure. Continuous integration

and continuous delivery of the platform

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

* Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer

Science or its equivalent

* Possess experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or in a similar role.

Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices is ideal.

* Have programming and scripting skills (e.g., Python, Go, Shell).

* Have experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and container

orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes).

* Possess in-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and networking concepts,

including network protocols such as DNS/HTTP/TCP/IP

* Have proficiency in configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet,

Chef).

* Possess familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus,

Grafana, ELK stack).

* Able to work in a dynamic environment. Must have good problem solving skills

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your

favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes.

We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the

giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the

internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's

most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because

behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're

the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures

it just works.

Benefits

at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life

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employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling

employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home,

in an office, or a combination of both.

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Compensation

Akamai 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.