Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge database technology?
Would you enjoy working with a truly global team?
Join our Data Services team!
We are responsible for provisioning, managing and supporting the customer facing DB infrastructure. We ensure efficient functioning and high availability of this infrastructure - Databases, Cloud Services, platforms and applications.
Champion our new Database platforms
You will analyze, design, implement and operate mission-critical database services. You'll be using Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
As a Database Administrator II, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting day-to-day operations with large-scale, highly available, reliable, high-performing transactional (OLTP) databases hosted in geo-distributed cloud-based datacenters
- Providing Oracle expertise with performing database operations with minimum (or zero) downtime
- Being a liaison for database-related problems between operations, architecture, development, and QA groups
- Automating routine database operations using scripting or cloud automation tools
- Mentoring junior DBAs
- Participating in architecture and incident review boards
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Have 5+ years of Oracle experience, with expertise in supporting highly available transactional systems (4-9s)
- Have advanced knowledge of Oracle troubleshooting and performance tuning for PL/SQL and the database in a Cloud
- Have 5 years of experience as Oracle DBA with routine automation experience
- Have 5 years of outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including experience working with culturally diverse and geographically distributed teams
- Be able to communicate effectively with Program Management, InfoSec, Engineering, QA, and Operations personnel
- Have deep knowledge of Cloud DevOps principles
About us
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.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
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. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 5 years of relevant database administration experience
- 5+ years of Oracle experience supporting highly available transactional systems (4-9s)
- Advanced Oracle troubleshooting and performance tuning for PL/SQL and the database in a Cloud
- Experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL
- Experience automating routine database operations using scripting or cloud automation tools
- Deep knowledge of Cloud DevOps principles
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills; experience with culturally diverse, geographically distributed teams
- Ability to communicate effectively with Program Management, InfoSec, Engineering, QA, and Operations
- Experience supporting large-scale, geo-distributed cloud-based datacenters and OLTP databases
- Experience mentoring junior DBAs and participating in architecture and incident review boards
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
Akamai Technologies Insights
What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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