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# Senior Site Reliability Engineer Lead

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Dover, DE, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $121,400.0 - $218,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Linux, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Akamai, Software Engineering, Sysadmin, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/395819AE321B4D3CB8639E19E9B2D1B2/job/

## About the Role

* Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
 * Have experience with architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale
 * Possess expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems
 * Have the ability to align with strategic business initiatives and coordinate the work of other engineers
 * Demonstrate excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills
 * Possess informed opinions on technology and software design to bring to the table

## Description

In this role, you'll focus on developing and implementing automation and efficiency of the Akamai compute infrastructure and services. This requires creative thinking combined with deep domain expertise on Linux, hardware, and performance tuning.

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

 * Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence the new designs and standards
 * Providing support, leadership and motivation for project teams
 * Creating and maintaining SLOs and KPIs, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support teams
 * Engaging with our support, operations, hardware, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post-mortem reviews
 * Participating in on-call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service-impacting issues