Principal Site Reliability Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Oversee the architectural design and development of software for Akamai's global connectivity platform.

• Implement telemetry systems and observability stacks for real-time monitoring of security services and DDoS mitigation.

• Advocate for best practices in software engineering, CI/CD pipelines, and SDLC standards across diverse architecture and engineering teams.

• Promote software-defined automation to reduce operational toil and enhance network infrastructure reliability.

• Ensure the functionality and uptime of Compute services and infrastructure.

• Manage and maintain essential infrastructure.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop tools and software that enhance system reliability.

• Utilize various technologies to launch new applications and upgrade existing tools.

⛳️ Requirements

• 15 years of pertinent experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Extensive experience in network and software engineering.

• High proficiency in Python, Grafana, Prometheus, and Data Science.

• Capability to swiftly adapt to rapidly changing requirements and lead with agility.

• Demonstrated expertise in building observability systems, ideally related to traffic engineering, sFlow, or other networking technologies.

• Experience in designing cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code deployment frameworks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health, well-being, financial, and life-beyond-work benefits.

• Flexible work options through Akamai's FlexBase program: work from home, in an office, or a mix of both.