Does an opportunity to create solutions for Enterprise Grade, large scale, cloud infrastructures interest you?
Would you enjoy creating secure Kubernetes based frameworks for a global company?
Join our Large solutions engineering team
Akamai Cloud Data services (DS) group owns and operates the Big Data lake systems that collect, process and aggregate Akamai network metrics for the purposes of analytics, reporting and visualization. DS systems currently receive over 30PB/day of data and process over 5 trillion records per day. DS Devops group provisions, deploys and monitors Kubernetes clusters to host Akamai data warehouse.
Make a difference in your own way
As a DS DevOps software engineer, responsibilities include creating services to accelerate, secure, and automate DS Software Development Life Cycle processes. Tasks involve working with cloud environments, integrating open-source solutions, and Akamai-developed systems. Engagement spans cloud provisioning, network connectivity, Kubernetes deployment, performance, availability, and security. This role offers exposure to innovative technologies, global collaboration, and shaping company-wide processes and solutions.
As a DevOps, you will be responsible for:
- Provisioning Cloud resources using Terraform/OpenTofu and implementing secure Kubernetes services.
- Deploying, monitoring, and logging Kubernetes workloads using GitOps tools such as ArgoCD, Jenkins, Grafana, Prometheus
- Planning and building highly available services and disaster recovery architecture frameworks
- Cooperating with engineering support to troubleshoot complex problems across different specializations
- Working through all software release stages in both development and production environments
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have to be proficient in Kubernetes, Linux and Jenkins with coding experience in Python.
- Have to show experience designing and implementing large scale continuous delivery solutions
- Have to be experienced with AI tools/AI agents and demonstrate cost effective use of it
- Have to understand networking, security, performance for high scale applications.
- Have to be a self-motivated professional capable of working with minimal supervision.
- Have to possess detailed problem solving skills and experience in a global company.
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
- Proficiency in Kubernetes
- Proficiency in Linux
- Proficiency in Jenkins
- Coding experience in Python
- Experience designing and implementing large-scale continuous delivery solutions
- Experience with AI tools and AI agents, including cost-effective use
- Understanding of networking, security, and performance for high-scale applications
- Self-motivated work style with ability to work with minimal supervision
- Detailed problem-solving skills
- Experience working in a global company
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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