Senior Reliability Engineer - Remote -

Are you passionate about working on emerging cloud technologies?

Does building next generation cloud computing technology excites you?

Join our SRE team!

Our team builds and maintains the Akamai Linode Compute infrastructure, focusing on SLO-driven reliability to ensure secure and dependable services for our customers.

Partner with the best

As a Senior SRE - Cloud Networking, you'll manage cloud platforms, enabling advanced computing and networking for customers.

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

• Using configuration management tools to deploy virtual infrastructure and software updates security and safely.
• Developing tools and scripts with shell/python/yaml languages to automate the creation
• Creating monitoring solutions based on Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboards
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to coordinate marketing efforts and support product development initiatives.
• Troubleshooting and resolving platform faults and escalations,
• Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues
• Handling different configuration management tools such as Ansible/Chef/Saltstack

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Have experience of 4 to 8 yrs in a Site Reliability engineering with large scale distributed systems.
• Have experience with programming in Linux environments, such as python and shell scripting.
• Have experience and knowledge with networking technologies such as routing, firewall and DNS
• Have experience with open-source monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Have experience with configuration management tools such as Saltstack, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins

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.

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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!