Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Remote

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the end-to-end reliability, scalability and performance of Managed Kubernetes offerings, including developing, maintaining and automating the control plane and data plane
• ▹Investigate and resolve production incidents, implement preventive measures proactively, and provide expert-level support for complex customer-facing issues
• ▹Execute and monitor releases and deploy them successfully
• ▹Work with cross-functional teams to understand and benchmark the performance of key products and influence their evolution
• ▹Capacity planning, performance tuning and infrastructure as code
• ▹Work closely with development teams so new features meet reliability and performance goals
• ▹Build software tools and systems to automate analytical tasks and workflows
• ▹Maximize reliability, security and performance by prioritizing Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
• ▹Help identify areas for new technology investments

Requirements

• ▹Over 5 years of industrial experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related engineering field
• ▹Experience with Internet protocols (DNS/HTTP/TLS/TCP)
• ▹Coding experience in one or more of Python, Go, SQL
• ▹Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform and Salt
• ▹Expert, hands-on experience with Managed Kubernetes control plane components (e.g. etcd, API Server, scheduler) and cloud provider integrations
• ▹Experience troubleshooting Unix and Linux issues
• ▹Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana and some familiarity with web applications
• ▹Excellent communication and organizational skills, able to articulate technical information clearly
• ▹Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading complex technical initiatives

Nice to have

• ▹Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Benefit options covering health, finances, family and time pursuing other endeavors, according to Akamai

About the company

Akamai powers and protects life online: leading companies worldwide use its distributed compute platform, from cloud to edge, to build, deliver and secure their digital experiences.