Hiring: Principal Site Reliability Engineer Company: Akamai Technologies Location: Cambridge, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 19:56:48 Target Skills & Keywords : Ansible, ArgoCD, BGP, Bash, Chef, Configuration Management, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Linux, Load Balancing, Puppet, Python, Rust, Slack, TCP/IP About the job Experience: •12 years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent experience Required Skills: •Are you passionate about cutting edge technology? •Are you looking for the freedom to innovate and help shape the next generation of the network? •Collaborate across software development, operations teams and Akamai Compute stakeholders. You'll be instrumental in developing organizational standards and tooling to ensure the growth and stability of our global platform. •Architecting, building and supporting solutions that foster efficient and streamlined processes. •Serving as a subject matter expert and mentor to team members, driving code quality standards and providing thought leadership on architectural decisions. •Collaborating with the cross-functional teams on standards and processes for deployments and updating documentation accordingly •Building/testing/designing automation tools (including Bash scripts, Python programs, Slack bots) and working closely with network developers •Defining SLOs for network infrastructure within the Akamai Connected Cloud to ensure high availability and performance. Compensation: •$169,300 - $304,700 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!