Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Description Do you like collaborating across teams to solve complex problems? Do you enjoy solving large scale distributed content delivery challenges?Join our highly skilled Compute Site Reliability teamOur team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We specialize in creating solutions that help improve observability and enforce SLAs across all internal teams.Partner with the bestAs a Site Reliability Engineer senior, you will collaborate across operations teams and application development teams. Together, you will be creating tooling and software that monitors and improves the reliability of our systems. You'll work with a diverse range of technologies as we release new applications and modernize existing toolingAs a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:Providing ongoing operational support for complex distributed applicationsSolving complex problems in a timely and accurate manner through proactive troubleshooting, automation and systems programmingDeploying and maintaining our observability platform and internal toolingPartnering across teams to ensure the reliability, scalability and usability of our products and servicesProviding guidance to engineers and developers to increase confidence that their services are performing as expectedCollaborating with our support, operations, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problemsDo what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:4+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, EngineeringHave professional experience in a Site Reliability, Development, or DevOps role working with large scale distributed systemsExperience developing applications and scripts using languages such as Python, Bash, Go, Rust, or similarHave familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as TerraformHave proficiency with a configuration management tool such as Ansible, Salt Stack, Chef, PuppetWork in a way that works for youFlexBase, 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 Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is likeWe 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 youAt 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 healthYour financesYour familyYour time at workYour time pursuing other endeavorsOur benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.About usAkamai 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 usAre 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#LI-Remote# Compute