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Akamai Technologies

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test Akamai Technologies
Cambridge, MA

Akamai Technologies is a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications across any device.

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About Akamai Technologies

Job Description

About the CompanyAkamai is the world's largest and most trusted cloud delivery platform, delivering 95 exabytes of data a year across billions of devices. If you've ever shopped online, downloaded music, watched a web video or connected to work remotely, you've used Akamai's cloud delivery platform.

About the RoleWe are looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer in Test to help build deployment service registry and instance registry solutions for Akamai's Private Cloud (APC), next-generation of private cloud and cloud-native infrastructure. Working collaboratively alongside some of the brightest engineers and architects in the industry, you will develop test automation solutions for our deployment framework and service/instance registries.

Responsibilities include:

* Implement automated tests and test infrastructure* Set up and manage test environments* Help support internal test users* Contribute to monitoring and deployment capabilities* Assist with operational tasks as needed* Stay current with developments in cloud technology Ideally, you will have experience testing and/or operating cloud and/or microservices platforms. You must possess strong Linux, networking and software engineering fundamentals. You must also be highly motivated, be able to learn quickly, and have excellent communication skills.

About the TeamAkamai's Server Configuration team provides the common deployment and orchestration functionality used to install and manage Akamai's globally distributed network. We own critical deployment, configuration, and service discovery components that help form the foundation of Akamai's distributed system. These components enable groups across the company to deploy and operate services at the level of scale, security, and reliability our customers have come to expect. The Server Configuration team interfaces with engineers from all areas of the company, affording us a unique perspective and visibility into the software systems in operation and engineering efforts taking place across the organization.

Required Education and Experience

* 8 years of relevant experience and BA/BS in Computer Science/Engineering or other technical discipline or equivalent experience

Required Skills

* 5+ years of Linux software development experience
* 5+ years of experience programming in Go, Python, and/or C/C++
* 5+ years experience working with Linux shells, utilities and system configuration
* 5+ years of exposure to networking protocols, debugging and configuration
* 1+ years of experience with Linux container technologies such as LXC, Docker, Kubernetes, or Mesos
* 1+ years experience with at least one configuration management tool like Ansible or Puppet
* 1+ years experience with CI/CD servers (Jenkins) and artifact management (Artifactory)

Desired Skills

* Experience building private cloud infrastructure and/or microservices platforms
* Understanding of cloud-native development patterns (microservices, deployment strategies, service discovery, etc.)
* Knowledge of or experience with immutable infrastructure paradigms
* Solid knowledge of Linux debugging and performance analysis
* Knowledge of at least one infrastructure management tool such as Terraform
* Experience with virtualization technologies such as KVM and QEmu
* Prior contributions to Open Source projects

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies is a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications across any device.

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10000 employees
Akamai Technologies

8 cambridge center

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