Senior II Site Reliability Engineer at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$146,400–$263,600from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Tallahassee, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level site reliability role focused on the network infrastructure underpinning a large-scale cloud platform. Day-to-day work spans building automation pipelines, defining service-level objectives, troubleshooting complex network issues, and shaping architectural standards. The role suits an experienced engineer with a background in distributed systems, Linux networking, open-source routing software, and CI/CD tooling who is comfortable mentoring others and participating in on-call rotations.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,450–27,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role title 'Senior Site Reliability Engineer II' implies a leveled ladder (II above I), suggesting this is above a standard Senior — however, the JD's scope and requirements are consistent with a Senior individual contributor, so it is classified as Senior.
Location is unspecified in the posting body; Akamai's FlexBase program explicitly supports remote/hybrid/office work, so remote=true is a reasonable inference. The compensation range is stated as US-only, confirming US applicability.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role sits squarely between software development (building automation pipelines, contributing to codebases, CI/CD) and network/systems engineering (BGP routing software, Linux networking, SLOs for network infrastructure). 15-1252 Software Developers is chosen as primary because the JD emphasizes developing applications, automation pipelines, and code contributions; 15-1244 is the runner-up given the strong network infrastructure and reliability operations focus.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent' — the 'or its equivalent' language means equivalent experience is accepted, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Open-source networking tools (FRR, Bird, goBGP) are listed as a single interchangeable requirement; FRR is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Configuration management tools (Ansible, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet) are listed as a single interchangeable requirement; Ansible is used as the primary name.
CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) are listed as a single interchangeable requirement; Jenkins is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives. A separate CI/CD skill is retained to capture the general pipeline competency stated in the responsibilities section.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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