Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Server Enablement, Qualification

Akamai Technologies

Senior Site Reliability Engineer developing software solutions and enhancing observability infrastructure at Akamai. Collaborating with teams to troubleshoot problems and ensuring successful server operation.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇱 PolandSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleChefDistributed SystemsLinuxPuppetPythonSaltStackShell Scripting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Developing, testing, and distributing changes to software, services, and tools the VHP team is responsible for.
Designing and implementing enhancements to VHP observability infrastructure in order to identify and correct problems before they impact our customers.
Developing subject matter expertise in VHP components.
Comfortable working in new tooling, code and environments and automating what’s possible.
Collaborating with our support, operations and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems.
Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced level experience in Linux internals, system administration, and a deep understanding of underlying hardware.
Advanced level experience with the Linux kernel and OS and an understanding of virtualization technologies (KVM/QEMU).
Advanced level experience with designing, developing, and deploying software and infrastructure at scale.
Skills identifying whether hardware-test failures originate from firmware, BIOS/UEFI configuration, device firmware, kernel/driver behavior, or the physical test environment.
Skills using Python and shell scripting to independently implement solutions.
Advanced level experience in a Development or SRE role, preferably working with large scale distributed systems.
Experience with tools like SaltStack, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet for managing infrastructure at scale.
Great communication and collaborative skills.
Relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Linux internalssystem administrationLinux kernelvirtualization technologiesKVMQEMUPythonshell scriptingsoftware developmentinfrastructure deployment

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingtroubleshootingguidanceteamwork