Senior Site Reliability Engineer Lead

Akamai Technologies
Cambridge
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 121,400 - 218,600 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Problem-solving","Interpersonal skills"]

Lead automation and operational excellence for Akamai’s compute infrastructure and services, focusing on improving efficiency and reliability for customer-facing applications. Partner with engineering, product, support, and hardware teams to define requirements, create SLOs and KPIs, troubleshoot complex incidents, and run incident management and post-mortems. Participate in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues while bringing deep Linux, hardware, and performance tuning expertise.

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer Lead

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Job Summary

Lead automation and operational excellence for Akamai’s compute infrastructure and services, focusing on improving efficiency and reliability for customer-facing applications. Partner with engineering, product, support, and hardware teams to define requirements, create SLOs and KPIs, troubleshoot complex incidents, and run incident management and post-mortems. Participate in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues while bringing deep Linux, hardware, and performance tuning expertise.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define requirements during the product lifecycle to influence new designs and standards.
  • •Provide support, leadership, and motivation for project teams.
  • •Create and maintain SLOs and KPIs in collaboration with Engineering, Product, and Support.
  • •Investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post-mortem reviews.
  • •Participate in on-call rotations to guide restoration and repair of service-impacting issues.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 121,400 - 218,600 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
  • •Experience architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale.
  • •Expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role working with large-scale distributed systems.
  • •Ability to align with strategic business initiatives and coordinate work of other engineers.
  • •Demonstrated excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills.
Experience:5+ yearsDistributed systemsLinuxDevOps
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCommunicationProblem-solvingInterpersonal skills
Tech Stack:Linux

Company Brief

Akamai Technologies
Provides a global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud services to improve web and application performance, security, and delivery for enterprises, media companies, and cloud providers.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Cambridge, United States
Founded: 1998
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