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# Senior II Site Reliability Engineer Lead

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Olympia, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $146,400.0 - $263,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** ARM Architecture, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Apache Hive, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux Kernel, Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Software Deployment, Virtualization Technology, Sysadmin, Saltstack, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/40E29D4976E444CCBA4976BBFD053A3A/job/

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent
 * Possess a deep understanding of underlying hardware and best practices for enabling advanced HW features in Linux, especially for ARM architecture such as NVIDIA Grace.
 * Possess advanced level experience with the Linux kernel, OS, KVM/QEMU, and nested virtualization.
 * Possess expert level experience with designing, developing, and deploying software and infrastructure at scale
 * Have advanced level experience in a DevOps, Development, or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems
 * Have experience with tools like SaltStack and Ansible for managing infrastructure at scale

## Description

As a Senior II Site Reliability Engineer Lead, you will be responsible for:

 * Architecting, developing, testing, and distributing changes to software, services, and tools to enable hardware platforms delivered by the HIVE team.
 * Designing and implementing enhancements to HIVE observability infrastructure in order to identify and correct problems before they impact our customers
 * Developing subject matter expertise in HIVE components and mentoring the team.
 * Identifying and implementing automation best practices for existing products and processes.
 * Collaborating with our support, operations and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems.
 * Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues.


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