Site Reliability Engineer II

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

📋 Description

• Design and create systems that facilitate automated operational workflows and deliver insights into global network data.

• Recognize and resolve bottlenecks stemming from process inefficiencies, manual tasks, and technical debt.

• Produce telemetry data and provide deep observability for network infrastructure.

• Develop resilient, maintainable, and self-sustaining code.

• Emphasize continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), test-driven development, and iterative design methodologies.

• Support and deploy cloud-native, third-party applications using infrastructure as code practices.

• Participate in the design and implementation of full-stack systems.

• Maintain and improve network telemetry and automation software stacks.

• Enhance development efficiency by applying software engineering and software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices.

• Cultivate an understanding of complex interconnected systems and contribute to their reliability.

• Work closely with Architecture, Engineering, and Operations teams to design and develop solutions for Akamai's global backbone and networking technologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A strong passion for network automation.

• Experience or the capability to contribute to the design and implementation of full-stack systems.

• Ability to recognize operational inefficiencies and create software solutions.

• Experience in maintaining and enhancing network telemetry and automation software stacks.

• Knowledge of source of truth systems, metric agents, time-series databases, dashboarding, and alerting tools.

• Consistent implementation of software engineering and SDLC best practices.

• Understanding of global, complex, and interconnected systems.

• Familiarity with CI/CD, test-driven development, and iterative design principles.

• Capability to support and deploy cloud-native, third-party software utilizing an infrastructure-as-code approach.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career development through GROW and Mentoring programs.

• Participation in internal events such as the APEX Expo.

• Access to LinkedIn Learning resources.

• Opportunities to learn, grow, develop new skills, explore new roles, and try various opportunities.

• Opportunities to make a meaningful impact.