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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Akamai Technologies - **Location:** Hartford, CT, United States - **Salary:** $169,300.0 - $304,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Bash Shell, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Complex Networks, Computer Networks, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Octopus Deploy, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Akamai, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Scripting, Load Balancing, System Availability, Software Application Programming, Reliability of Systems, Firewalls (Computer Science), Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Codebase, Puppet, Jenkins, Golang - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/891DF8C6AB7E4C0693E75CC17D5890A8/job/ ## About the Role * Have 12 years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent experience * Have experience in a Site or Network Reliability Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, or DevOps role working with large-scale distributed systems * Have a deep understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, load balancing and firewall concepts. * Have advanced proficiency with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Salt Stack, Chef, Puppet, or similar * Have experience with Linux networking at the userspace level and open source networking software such as FRR, Bird, or goBGP * Have experience developing applications, contributing to codebases, conducting code reviews, and writing scripts using Python, Bash, Go, or Rust * Have experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions, ArgoCD, or similar ## Description Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We specialize in building and maintaining fast, efficient, scalable, and reliable routing software and infrastructure that is responsible for all network delivery to Akamai Connected Cloud customers. Partner with the best In this role, you will collaborate across software development, operations teams and Akamai Compute stakeholders. You'll be instrumental in developing organizational standards and tooling to ensure the growth and stability of our global platform. As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Network, you will be responsible for: * Architecting, building and supporting solutions that foster efficient and streamlined processes. * Serving as a subject matter expert and mentor to team members, driving code quality standards and providing thought leadership on architectural decisions. * Collaborating with the cross-functional teams on standards and processes for deployments and updating documentation accordingly * Building/testing/designing automation tools (including Bash scripts, Python programs, Slack bots) and working closely with network developers * Defining SLOs for network infrastructure within the Akamai Connected Cloud to ensure high availability and performance. * Collaborating with our support, operations, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex network-related problems including participation in on-call rotations. ## Related Videos - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [Automate everything via NodeJS and Puppeteer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/322-automate-everything-via-nodejs-and-puppeteer) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Retooling and refactoring - an investment in people.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/371-retooling-and-refactoring-an-investment-in-people) - [What the Heck is Edge Computing Anyway?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/593-what-the-heck-is-edge-computing-anyway) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)