Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Akamai Technologies

Senior Site Reliability Engineer focusing on configuration management, IAC, and CI/CD for Akamai Cloud. Responsible for developing and operating critical infrastructure services.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $121,400 - $218,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleChefDistributed SystemsGoJenkinsPuppetPythonSaltStackTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

designing, developing, testing, and operating critical services that support the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure
designing and implementing observability solutions, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry capabilities, to proactively detect and resolve issues
driving reliability improvements through automation, reducing operational toil and increasing the resilience of engineering processes
developing deep technical expertise in IAC systems and serving as a trusted technical resource, mentoring engineers and sharing best practices
collaborating with software engineering, infrastructure, and platform teams to investigate complex production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term corrective actions
participating in an on-call rotation and providing leadership during incident response, driving timely service restoration, effective communication, and post-incident improvement efforts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
advanced experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD
extensive development skills in languages such as Python, Go, or Bash
experience integrating security, compliance, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing, artifact management, and deployment strategies
utilize tools such as SaltStack, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet to manage infrastructure as code effectively and efficiently
advanced experience in a site reliability or software engineering role, working with large-scale distributed systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

healthcare
401K savings plan
company holidays
vacation (in the form of PTO)
sick time
family friendly benefits including parental leave
employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness

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Hard Skills & Tools

infrastructure designobservability solutionsmonitoringloggingalertingtelemetryIAC systemsCI/CD pipelinesPythonGo

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationleadershipeffective communicationproblem-solving