Site Reliability Engineer II - Remote

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?

Do solving some of the Internet's most difficult content delivery challenges interest you?

Join our highly skilled Cloud Networking team

We design, deploy, and manage cloud networking infrastructure that supports Akamai's customer-facing cloud computing infrastructure. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission to make life better for billions of people every day.

Partner with the best

You'll collaborate with operations and development teams to build and. manage our large-scale networking infrastructure for cloud computing platform. You'll deploy and maintain the large scale, multifunctional networking infrastructure that support customers' versatile cloud computing applications.

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

• Deploying and provision virtualized networks systems to Akamai data centers worldwide
• Monitoring the functioning and performance of the networking infrastructure via Prometheus metric systems and Grafana dashboards
• Investigating and troubleshoot networking problems within Linux based networking stack
• Solving complex problems in a timely and accurate manner and avoid recurrence through proactive troubleshooting, automation, and systems programming
• Collaborating across Akamai engineering organizations to resolve internal and customer escalations
• 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 relevant academic or industrial experience and Bachelor diploma in Computer Science or related engineering field
• Have professional experience in a Site Reliability or System Engineering role, with large scale distributed systems
• Show proficiency with open-source monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Show proficiency with configuration management tools such as Saltstack, Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins
• Be comfortable with programming in Linux environments, such as python and bash scripting
• Have experience and knowledge with networking technologies such as routing, firewall and DNS
• Have experience with Linux systems and tools such as netstats, traceroute, tcpdump

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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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.

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