[Hiring] Senior II Software Engineer @Akamai

Role Description

Are you passionate about building reliable and scalable cloud platforms? Would you enjoy supporting cybersecurity products through advanced data and AI capabilities? Join our Akamai Guardicore Data and AI Platform Team!

The team develops and manages a cloud-native Data and AI Platform enabling analytics, insights, and AI-driven features for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation. It processes extensive security and contextual data, supporting customers in understanding environments, minimizing risks, and preventing threat proliferation.

As part of our team, you will focus on building highly reliable, scalable and cost-effective storage solutions. Our platform empowers enterprises to create modern solutions to the world's problems.

You will be responsible for:

• Designing and operating secure, scalable, and highly available Kubernetes platforms
• Building GitOps-based deployment processes using Argo CD, Helm, and related technologies
• Developing reusable cloud infrastructure and automation using Terraform
• Improving CI/CD, developer experience, and self-service platform capabilities
• Enhancing platform reliability, observability, security, performance, and cost efficiency
• Leading complex production investigations and driving long-term improvements
• Collaborating with DevOps, SRE, software, data, AI, and security engineering teams

Qualifications

• Demonstrate expertise in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or cloud infrastructure with proven ability to optimize and manage systems effectively.
• Demonstrate extensive production expertise with Kubernetes, containers, and Helm.
• Have experience with GitOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Have experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Have scripting or programming experience using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
• Demonstrate technical leadership, ownership, and the ability to drive cross-team initiatives.

Benefits

• We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.
• FlexBase adapts to your job's needs.
• Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience.
• We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.