Site Reliability Engineering Manager - Remote

Are you intrigued by planetary scale, distributed, intelligent systems?

Do you like collaborating across teams to solve complex problems?

Join our SRE team!

Our Site Reliability Engineering team collaborates across our organization to ensure the performance of the of our cloud platform and services. We establish Key Performance Indicators, define Service Level Objectives and monitor compliance to them. Partnering with multiple teams, we address difficult problems that go beyond having simple answers.

Partner with the best

As a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering, you will be a hands-on leader contributing to, and managing a team of US based site reliability engineers. Your team will collaborate across the organization to define, maintain, and improve the compute products operation and customers supportability. You will face some of the most complex challenges in distributed systems at scale.

As a Site Reliability Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Leading a team of site reliability engineers in developing and executing product operation and customer supportability plans
• Aggregating the customer signal to drive products improvements
• Managing on-call duty for the US based team as part of the global REAct team
• Shaping cross-team communication and collaboration to improve products operation and customer supportability

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline, or its equivalent
• Demonstrate a good track record of managing high-performance teams, delivering solutions and resolving issues
• Have experience in operations, analysis, and troubleshooting of large distributed systems and with corresponding monitoring/logging/performance analytics tools
• Possess good experience with Internet protocols and cloud technologies
• Have relevant experience with at least one of the following languages: Python, Bash, Perl
• Demonstrate fluency working in UNIX/Linux computing environments (e.g. internals, scripting and automation skills, etc.)

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!

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $134,466 - $214,782/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.