**Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Remote** Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies and tackling system problems? Are you a self-starting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment? **Join our critical CPS SRE team!** We ensure that infrastructure services have world-class reliability and uptime. Site Reliability Engineer(SRE)s are the driving force that keeps the system running smoothly and helps identify any bottlenecks before they become issues. We focus on optimizing services, building infrastructure, and eliminating manual operations work with automation. **Partner with the best** The Certificate Provisioning System(CPS) SRE team shares responsibility for the availability and performance of mission critical Akamai certificate provisioning infrastructure. As a SRE, you will troubleshoot, assess performance and capacity of our platform, and make improvement recommendations. You will contribute to the design, implementation and delivery of software that improves the availability, scalability and performance of services. In this rewarding role you will help shape the direction of our products and services and how we deploy our network. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for: + Designing, managing and tracking of Akamai's platform related KPIs via monitoring tools and alerting to identify trends and changes to improve performance and availability + Managing system-level performance tuning to optimize for reliability and efficiency + Acting as an escalation point for support, platform and product teams to ensure platform or customer issues are resolved + Partnering with product, development and test groups to guide software releases, lead software deployments, and create rapid cycles of product and software feedback and improvements + Developing automation tools to reduce SRE toils for day-to-day work including feature activation, handling escalations and proactive monitoring **Do what you love** To be successful in this role you will: + Have deep understanding of operating and monitoring Java applications and Dockerized containers + Have demonstrated experience automating tasks in Python and other scripting languages + Have experience with relational database systems and complex SQL statements + Have excellent problem-solving skills, be a team player and be able to mentor team members + Have extensive experience in Linux/UNIX environment system administration **Build your career at Akamai** Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact. With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here. **Learn more** Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.