Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer- Remote

Would you love to deliver huge value to our customers?

Would you enjoy contributing to core technology which is serving billions of people?

Join our world-class security team

Our team is a part of the Cloud Security Intelligence group. We own one of the largest Big Data environments. The group develops Security infrastructures and Security products for our customers.

Partner with the best

You will be responsible to ensure optimal performance and up-time of Akamai's critical security products. Analyze system performance end-to-end. Working towards monitoring, alerting, log aggregations process and developing tools for it. You will work with the latest technologies such as Azure, Databricks & more.

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

• Deploying and maintaining the platform and tools used internally
• Developing automation pipelines to support development, testing, and deployment workflows
• Collaborating with our support, operations and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems
• Improving our system monitoring and analysis platform to speed error detection and remediation, enhancing performance and reliability
• Working with Dev and Quality Assurance teams to create more robust solutions, code improvement and stability
• Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 4 years of experience and a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Have professional experience in a DevOps, SRE, or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems
• Have experience with any cloud platform (we use Azure heavily) & automation tool such as Jenkins, Terraform
• Have experience developing software using Python, Golang, and familiarity with scripting programming languages
• Have exposure to Container technologies like Dockers and Kubernetes
• Demonstrate communication and presentation skills
• Have a Secret Security Clearance 

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply. 
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

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.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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.
If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $106,600 - $221,400/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.