Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Core Linux Platforms

Akamai Technologies

Senior Site Reliability Engineer working on Linux platforms at Akamai. Developing solutions for Cloud hypervisor host technologies with a focus on automation and troubleshooting.

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

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleChefCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesLinuxPuppetPythonSaltStack

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Developing, testing, and distributing changes to software, services, and tools.
Developing subject matter expertise in VHP components.
Developing CI/CD pipelines to drive a highly sustainable infrastructure platform supply chain for our rapidly growing Akamai Cloud fleet.
Comfortable working in new tooling, code and environments and automating what’s possible.
Collaborating with our support, operations and engineering teams to troubleshoot complex problems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Possess expert level experience in Linux internals, system administration, and a deep understanding of underlying hardware.
Possess advanced experience with the Linux kernel, OS, and optimization of their configurations for KVM/QEMU virtualization.
Possess advanced level experience with designing, developing, and deploying software and infrastructure at scale.
Advanced level experience in a Development or SRE role, preferably working with large scale distributed systems.
Experienced with writing, modifying, and debugging Shell scripts and Python code.
Experience with tools like SaltStack, Ansible, Kubernetes, Chef, or Puppet for managing infrastructure at scale.
Have great communication and collaborative skills.
Have 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. See our benefits.
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Linux internalssystem administrationLinux kernelKVMQEMUsoftware developmentinfrastructure deploymentShell scriptingPython programmingdistributed systems

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaborative skills