Site Reliability Engineer II
Are you passionate about innovative security products and ready to solve complex challenges?
Join Guardicore (now Akamai Enterprise Security Group) and help redefine how organizations secure their data centers and clouds from advanced threats.
We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our R&D team and spread the power of Akamai Microsegmentation.
About the Role
In this role, you’ll be a key contributor to our high-performance SaaS Cloud Platform
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will design and automate scalable infrastructure with infrastructure-as-code, implement and tune monitoring and observability systems to meet defined SLIs and SLOs, lead on-call incident response and post-mortem reviews to continuously improve system resilience, collaborate with development teams on performance optimization and capacity planning, and drive the automation of routine operational tasks to minimize toil and maximize uptime.
- Developing, improving, and maintaining Guardicore’s Cyber Security SaaS cloud platform.
- Leading problem-solving efforts for the entire technology stack in collaboration with other teams in the R&D
- Establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analyses.
- Working closely with other R&D to develop a strategy for long-term data platform architecture
- Practicing infrastructure as a code (IaC) and GitOps using technologies like Terraform and ArgoCD
- Collaborating with Guardicore’s development and research groups to constantly improve our platform and infrastructure
- Participating in the on-call rotation supporting the applications and infrastructure
- Developing and evolving our tooling, logging, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms to increase observability and transparency
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have a Bachelor’s degree & at least 3 years of relevant experience in below technologies
- Have experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Have excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think critically about complex technical challenges and optimizing production systems
- Have experience with observability systems such as Datadog/Splunk/New Relic/Grafana, or similar
- Have experience in Shell scripting and/or high-level Programming like Python and Go
- Have experience working with cloud environments like GCP, Linode, AWS, and Azure
- Have excellent verbal and written English communication and presentation skills
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai’s Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
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At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
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- Your family
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- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
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Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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