Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Linux Performance)
Offer summary

(Summary generated by AI based on the full job description)

The project focuses on Linux Performance within cloud and virtualization for large-scale infrastructure based on KVM/QEMU. Expertise in Linux kernel, system internals, hardware and automation tools like Ansible, SaltStack is required. Responsibilities include developing automation, enhancing observability, troubleshooting complex production issues, and cross-team collaboration. Compensation includes a fixed bonus. Benefits feature private healthcare, insurance, flexible working hours among others.

newyou can start ASAP

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Linux Performance)

Company: Akamai Technologies

from: 21 August 2026
to: 20 September 2026
salary not specifiedcontract of employment (full-time)
Salary details
basic salary
fixed bonus (e.g., quarterly, annual)
Offer parameters
level:senior
working mode:remote
Kraków, Prądnik Biały
Kraków, Prądnik BiałyOpolska 100View on map

Requirements

Expected technologies

Ansible
Chef
Puppet
Kubernetes
Linux
Python

Operating system

Linux

Our requirements

  • Possess expert level experience in Linux internals, system administration, and a deep understanding of underlying hardware
  • Possess advanced level experience with the Linux kernel, OS, and optimization of their configurations for KVM/QEMU virtualization
  • Possess advanced level experience with designing, developing, and deploying software and infrastructure at scale
  • Advanced level experience in a Development or SRE role, preferably working with large scale distributed systems.
  • Experience with tools like SaltStack, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Kubernetes for managing infrastructure at scale
  • Have great communication and collaborative skills.
  • Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

Your responsibilities

  • Developing, testing, and distributing changes to automation, software, services, and tools the VHP team is responsible for.
  • Designing and implementing enhancements to VHP observability infrastructure in order to identify and correct problems before they impact our customers.
  • Comfortable working in new tooling, code and environments and automating what’s possible.
  • Create supporting tooling using Ansible or Profiling to aide in performance investigations.
  • Developing subject matter expertise in various components across our Compute environment.
  • 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

About the project

Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission at the forefront of what we do: make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer II in the Virtualization & Host Platforms (VHP) Linux Performance team, you will be at the forefront of Akamai Cloud platform software and hardware technologies. Our team is responsible for identifying performance bottlenecks and creating the supporting tooling to aid in these investigations. We work with all physical, virtual and containerized Linux platform software supporting the Akamai Cloud. We collaborate closely with the kernel and hardware teams to ensure newer kernels and operating systems are performant and qualified on new server builds.
You will have opportunities to write software automating our processes, help diagnose and resolve challenging production issues, advance initiatives to improve resource utilization and customer experience, and learn from a highly skilled engineering team. This position will require creative thinking combined with deep domain expertise in the areas of Linux systems engineering, performance tuning, hardware interfaces, systems administration, and configuration management.

This is how we organize our work

This is how we work

in houseyou focus on a single project at a time

This is how we work on a project

  • code quality measures
  • code review
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Integration
  • documentation
  • issue tracking tools
  • testing environments

Work in a way that works for you

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
  • Your health
  • Your finances
  • Your family
  • Your time at work
  • Your time pursuing other endeavors
  • Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

    Join our Routing Services Validation team!

    The Cloud Networking division seeks an experienced Senior II Test Engineer for the Routing Services Validation team. Responsibilities include defining test strategies, designing detailed test plans, and creating automation frameworks to validate next-generation routing platforms.
    Company

    Development opportunities we offer

    • assistance in preparation to public speeches
    • conferences in Poland
    • mentoring
    • soft skills training
    • support of IT events
    • technical knowledge exchange within the company

    Benefits

    • sharing the costs of sports activities
    • private medical care
    • life insurance
    • remote work opportunities
    • flexible working time
    • dental care
    • corporate gym
    • corporate library
    • no dress code
    • coffee / tea
    • parking space for employees
    • leisure zone
    • extra social benefits
    • holiday funds
    • extra leave

    Recruitment stages

    • 1.
      HR Interview
    • 2.
      Manager Interview
    • 3.
      Technical Interview
    • 4.
      Panel Interview I

    Akamai Technologies

    Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
    Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Linux Performance)
    I apply to:
    Akamai Technologies
    Kraków, Prądnik Biały
    Pracodawca zbiera zgłoszenia przez swój system.
    Przejdziesz na zewnętrzny formularz.

    By clicking "Aplikuj" you confirm that you've read and accepted our Terms and Conditions.



    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

    Need more information?

    • Make sure the body of the offer doesn’t already include what you’re looking for.
    • Ask a question if you need more information you’re interested in.
    • We’ll forward your question to the employer and aim to provide a response within 3 business days.

    Share this offer