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# Platform Infrastructure Engineer II

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Charleston, WV, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $95,000.0 - $171,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Backup Devices, Software Debugging, Disaster Recovery, Akamai, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/8364A601DAF6415C8B2EBE03DDECC5E5/job/

## About the Role

* Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
 * Have experience designing production-grade Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and managing Kubernetes environments
 * Possess solid skills in building observability pipelines with OpenTelemetry and metrics platforms
 * Have understanding of multi-region scaling and high-traffic system architecture
 * Be knowledgeable in developing, debugging, and supporting software application code alongside engineering teams

## Description

At Akamai, we build the digital foundation that keeps the internet running smoothly. Our engineering teams design resilient infrastructure to power global multi-region systems at massive scale. You will work alongside talented engineers in a collaborative and inclusive environment dedicated to innovation and reliability.

Partner with the best

As a Platform Infrastructure Engineer II, you will architect and automate the global multi-region substrate for Akamai Functions. You will ensure our Kubernetes environments are provisioned deterministically and fully observable. Additionally, you will build tooling to support developers and hand off stable platforms to SRE teams.

As a Platform infrastructure Engineer II, you will be responsible for:

 * Architecting modular Terraform codebases to provision regional and global Kubernetes clusters deterministically
 * Packaging first-party infrastructure components using reliable, version-controlled manifests or custom Kubernetes operators
 * Engineering an observability foundation using OpenTelemetry and VictoriaMetrics for metrics, alerts, and tracing
 * Building disaster recovery tooling for seamless database backups, state replication, and rapid cluster recreation
 * Integrating new and existing shared Akamai infrastructure while transitioning away from legacy third-party systems
 * Supporting and expanding local and cloud-based development environments while collaborating with software engineers


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