Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Denver, CO
$146,400–$263,600from the description
Aug 2, 2026
Denver, CO
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This Senior Site Reliability Engineer role sits within Akamai's Metadata Team, which builds and operates the distributed systems that drive configuration and content management across Akamai's global network. Day-to-day work spans performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting complex incidents, automating operational processes, and developing analytical/simulation tooling. The role suits an experienced engineer with a strong Linux/scripting background and comfort with performance analytics and database technologies.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 19,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 8,300–29,600
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 $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). 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 Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role blends SRE operations (systems tuning, incident response, monitoring) with software development (building monitoring and simulation tools, writing predictive analytics code). It leans toward operations/administration but has meaningful coding responsibilities — alt SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a credible alternative.
Location is not specified in the posting beyond 'US based candidates' for the salary range. Akamai's FlexBase program explicitly supports remote, office, or hybrid work, so remote=true is reasonable, but a specific metro cannot be determined.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree gate.
'Performance analytics' and 'performance optimization' are listed as required qualifications but name no specific tool; they are captured as a single required skill since the posting frames them as a significant background requirement. Generic concepts like 'troubleshooting' and 'attention to detail' are omitted per extraction rules.
Distributed systems, big data, monitoring tools, and configuration management appear in narrative/responsibilities context rather than a hard-requirements gate, so they are marked as preferred.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): configuration management.
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