Site Reliability Engineer

Do you want to grow your career in Linux and Site Reliability Engineering?

Would you like to contribute to the foundation of a new public cloud platform?

Join our IaaS Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team.

We design, develop, and operate infrastructure and services that power the backbone of our cloud platform. This is a rare opportunity to help build a public cloud from the ground up.

Partner with the best

As an SRE, you will support Linux infrastructure engineering. Gain exposure to platform services like DNS, PKI, secure access, time sync, package repositories, observability, service discovery. You will learn from senior engineers while developing hands-on skills in automation and reliability.

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

• Contributing to building and automating Linux platform services while learning reliability practices
• Assisting in DNS, PKI, and secure access service engineering
• Participating in observability and incident response activities
• Learning automation using Python, Terraform, and Ansible/Salt
• Supporting OS upgrades and diagnostics
• Contributing to early phases of our public cloud build-out

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 1-3 years of Linux System engineering /SRE/DevOps experience
• Have hands-on Linux troubleshooting skills
• Have intermediate Python programming skills.
• Have familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, or SaltStack
• Express curiosity and passion for automation and reliability

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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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