Senior Reliability Engineer

Would you enjoy improving stability and safety of one of the largest global networks?

Would you enjoy hands-on network operations work on a global scale to improve our operational efficiency?

Join our Global Operations Team!

Our Global Performance & Operations team manages, monitors, and maintains Akamai's distributed computing platform. We are responsible for achieving the highest possible availability, agility, safety, efficiency, and scalability. Focusing on overall reliability, our work is critical to the delivery of the network as we create solutions to ensure continuous operation.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Platform Reliability Engineer, you'll ensure the safety and stability of Akamai's evolving distributed platform. Collaborating cross-functionally you'll act as the vanguard for incident management, network-wide rollouts and proactive measures. You'll be involved in a variety of operational tasks, but also working at a holistic level.

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

• Managing and, at times, conducting software rollouts that span massive, multi-service networks while handling escalations from our NOCC
• Providing operational management and support for our global production network
• Leading platform improvements and increasing the key operational efficiencies of reliability and performance
• Creating safety standards and analyzing behaviors through market trends, implementing code, and utilizing automation
• Developing automation and operational tools that help to reduce manual processes and toil
• Participating in an on-call rotation

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Possess solid experience in operations or system administration
• Have government security clearance, or the ability to obtain security clearance
• Demonstrate experience with internet protocols, (DNS, HTTP, SSL) and scripting languages,(Python, Perl, shell)
• Show excellent communication, presentation and written skills to effectively work in a multi-team environment

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.

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