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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Akamai Technologies - **Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $121,400.0 - $218,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Akamai, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Data Logging, Saltstack, Gitlab-ci, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins - **Published:** July 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gcz8oj ## About the Role + Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent + Possess advanced experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD. + Have extensive development skills in languages such as Python, Go, or Bash. + Have experience integrating security, compliance, and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing, artifact management, and deployment strategies + Utilize tools such as SaltStack, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet to manage infrastructure as code effectively and efficiently. + Demonstrate advanced experience in a site reliability or software engineering role, working with large-scale distributed systems. ## Description Do you enjoy collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges? Do you have a passion for automation and building systems that scale? Join our highly skilled Site Reliability Engineering team! Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai Cloud's products and services. Our SRE teams solve reliability, security, and usability at scale for our global fleet while maintaining Akamai's mission at the forefront of what we do: make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Partner with the best In this role, you will focus on configuration management, IAC, and CI/CD. You will design, develop, and operate infrastructure deployment for the Akamai Cloud. 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