Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Remote

Do you enjoy collaborating with developers, engineers, and architects and touching life online for billions of users?

Join our Information Security Team!

Our team operates within the ZeroTrust Security Group, which develops and maintains cutting-edge security solutions. We collaborate closely with Development, Product, Support, and Sales Engineering teams. Our primary mission is to enable the business to produce high-quality, secure products. Enhance the security features of our products and ensure robust protection for our customers.

Partner with the best

Join our esteemed team of experts focused on evolving product architecture. Enable secure organizations to adopt Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA), focusing on the FedRAMP program. Maintain and enhance ZTNA, collaborating with development and operational teams. Responding to incidents, optimizing performance, and automating operations for streamlined efficiency.

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

• Building and supporting ZTNA services on AWS GovCloud for FedRAMP compliance.
• Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on the ZTNA Cloud Platform.
• Developing and implementing procedures for automating SRE and operations tasks, streamlining day-to-day work.
• Analyzing logs and events to identify potential issues and optimize system performance.
• Applying cloud operational best practices and ensuring their appropriate use.
• Participating in weekend maintenance, up to once a month, to support system maintenance and upgrades.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 5+ years of relevant experience as a cloud SRE
• Show expertise in AWS services (EC2, Route53, S3, IAM, VPC) using Boto/Boto3.
• Show Proficient in managing Kubernetes and experience with deployment/configuration tools like Helm, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, and Chef.
• Experience working with Linux, with Ubuntu, and large-scale cloud infrastructures.
• Show Familiarity with Monitoring/Logging/Performance Analytics tools like VictoriaMetrics/Grafana/Prometheus/Sensu/Nagios/Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana/DataDog.
• Have experience with OpenSearch/ElasticSearch cluster setup and maintenance.
• Show Proficiency in configuring and maintaining common infrastructure components like Nginx/Apache/Postgres/Rabbitmq/Celery/Active Directory.

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.

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $113,430 - $170,043/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.