Senior II Site Reliability Engineer at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$146,400–$263,600from the description
Jul 12, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor and informal team lead role within a Site Reliability Engineering group focused on content delivery performance. Day-to-day work centers on statistical analysis of large networking datasets, diagnosing reliability and performance problems, and building automation tools — while also mentoring engineers and collaborating with Engineering, Operations, and Product teams. Suits someone with a strong data-analysis background who also understands Internet protocols.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 107,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 64,500–161,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 title 'Senior II Site Reliability Engineer' maps to a Senior band; 'II' here is a company-internal level suffix rather than a standard career-ladder numeral, so advertised seniority is read as Senior.
The role is genuinely hybrid between SRE/software development (building tools, automating workflows) and data science (statistical analysis, mining data feeds, KPI definition). SOC 15-1252 Software Developers was chosen as primary because the JD explicitly calls for building software tools and systems; 15-2051 Data Scientists is a close runner-up given the heavy analytical and statistical emphasis.
The coding-language requirement lists Python, Perl, SQL, Java, C, and R as alternatives ('at least one of the following'). Python is listed as the primary skill with all others as alternatives; SQL is also emitted separately because it is a distinct query language rather than a general-purpose programming language, with the same alternatives.
No specific work location is stated beyond US-based compensation disclosure. Akamai's FlexBase program explicitly supports fully remote work, so remote is set to true.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent.' Because 'equivalent' experience is offered as a substitute, this would normally be treated as None — however, the phrasing 'diploma' alongside 'or its equivalent' is ambiguous. It has been set to Bachelors as the stated minimum formal credential, consistent with the JD's explicit mention of a degree.
The compensation range ($146,400–$263,600/year) is stated as US-only; compensation for candidates outside the US will vary.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): statistical data analysis.
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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