Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Server Enablement & Qualification)
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The project involves managing cloud infrastructure and applications supporting Compute services. Advanced knowledge of Linux, KVM/QEMU, Python, shell scripting and infrastructure management tools like SaltStack, Ansible, Chef, Puppet is required. Key responsibilities include software development, process automation, hardware and system-level troubleshooting, and collaboration with support and operations teams. A fixed bonus and extensive benefits package are provided.

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Server Enablement & Qualification)

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 • expert
working mode:remote
Kraków, Prądnik Biały
Kraków, Prądnik BiałyOpolska 100View on map

Requirements

Expected technologies

Python
SaltStack
Ansible
Chef
Puppet
Linux
Grafana
Prometheus
Kubernetes

Operating system

Linux

Our requirements

  • Advanced level experience in Linux internals, system administration, and a deep understanding of underlying hardware.
  • Advanced level experience with the Linux kernel and OS and an understanding of virtualization technologies (KVM/QEMU).
  • Advanced level experience with designing, developing, and deploying software and infrastructure at scale
  • Skills identifying whether hardware-test failures originate from firmware, BIOS/UEFI configuration, device firmware, kernel/driver behavior, or the physical test environment
  • Skills using Python and shell scripting to independently implement solutions,
  • Advanced level experience in a Development or SRE role, preferably working with large scale distributed systems.
  • Experience with tools like SaltStack, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet for managing infrastructure at scale
  • Great communication and collaborative skills.
  • Relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

Your responsibilities

  • Developing, testing, and distributing changes to 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
  • Developing subject matter expertise in VHP components.
  • Comfortable working in new tooling, code and environments and automating what’s possible.
  • 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 in the Virtualization & Host Platforms (VHP) - Server Enablement & Qualification (SEQ) team, you will be at the forefront of Akamai Cloud compute host and server technologies. VHP is responsible for all Linux platforms from the hardware to the host and guest platforms, and SEQ in particular works closely with next-generation HW teams to enable new hardware via our network bootstrapping service, provide seamless firmware upgrade models, and work with other VHP teams to provide a cohesive and performant solution to our internal infrastructure customers and operators to ensure all servers succeed in our datacenters.
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.

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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.

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    Benefits

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

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

    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.
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