Akamai Technologies · 18 hours ago
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$107K/yr - $221K/yr
5+ years expAkamai Technologies is a leader in powering and protecting life online. The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will oversee and improve the availability, reliability, and performance of Akamai's mapping system, collaborating with cross-functional teams and defining key performance indicators.
Cyber SecurityDigital MediaSaaSSoftwareVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Monitoring, investigating, and analyzing performance and availability by (co)designing, managing, and tracking product-related SLIs/SLOs
Solving problems and avoid recurrence by developing tools / prototypes to proactively monitor service performance and availability
Working closely with product engineers to advocate reliable and scalable system design for supportability, resilience and reliability
Leveraging skills in data analysis, network diagnostics and debugging tools to characterize performance and recommend improvements
Engaging with our support, operations and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post-mortem reviews
Collaborating with internal teams to help trouble-shoot and resolve escalations and incidents for our customers
Qualification
Required
Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Master's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
Demonstrate experience in one of the scripting or procedural languages (python, perl, shell, C/C++, Java, etc.)
Possess experience working in a UNIX/Linux computing environment
Have experience with monitoring, alerting, and logging platforms such as Grafana
Have in-depth understanding of computer networking concepts, Unix/Linux internals, distribution systems, and system design
Have excellent communication and organizational skills, be able to articulate technical information in an easy to understand manner
Benefits
Healthcare
401K savings plan
Company holidays
Vacation (in the form of PTO)
Sick time
Family friendly benefits including parental leave
Employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
Company
Akamai Technologies
Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.63BKey Investors
IVP
2025-05-14Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2023-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
2001-08-01Post Ipo Equity
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Chief Executive Officer
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