Hiring: Senior Site Reliability Engineer Company: Akamai Technologies Location: Cambridge, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:56:53 Target Skills & Keywords : Configuration Management, Linux, PostgreSQL, Python, SQL About the job Experience: •5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent Required Skills: •Would you enjoy improving stability and safety of one of the largest global networks? •Would you enjoy hands-on network operations work on a global scale to improve our operational efficiency? •The Metadata Team is a part of the Akamai's Platform Communications group. A cross-functional engineering team that develops the distributed systems and services that underpin Akamai's global network. Our system supports fast and reliable configuration of Akamai's global network. Also, we support the control services for global content management. •In this role, you'll leverage your big data, distributed systems, network diagnostics and analytical skills to characterize performance, reliability and capacity of the system. You'll help create and maintain the test analysis & simulation tools, supporting performance analysis of the team's various metadata systems. •Tuning systems to optimize performance and to operate more reliably •Providing ongoing technical assistance in areas including model database management, configuration management, and simulation runs •Managing the rollout and activation of new features and platform changes •Developing monitoring tools and automate processes to help scale our systems better Compensation: •$146,400 - $263,600 / 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!