Are you excited about working with cutting-edge network technologies?
Do you enjoy acting quickly to solve problems?
Join our Network Engineering team
The Network Engineering team is a highly skilled group of individuals that work on various technologies in building, configuring and maintaining network infrastructure in support of Akamai's global platform providing the technical underpinning of Akamai's products and services.
Partner with the best
As a Senior Network Engineer you will lead efforts in designing, implementing, and automating our global network infrastructure. You will address complex issues in routing, data center fabrics, and automation to ensure scalability, reliability, and security. This role involves driving the evolution of network infrastructure, from initial architecture through to implementation.
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Designing, building, and maintaining our global network infrastructure
- Developing and maintaining Akamai's core network configuration templates using Jinja2
- Implementing new hardware platforms and network features within the automation framework
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define data models and functional requirements
- Serving as a subject matter expert for complex network issues, performing deep-dive troubleshooting and analysis
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Demonstrate extensive experience in IP network design and implementation of scalable BGP routing architecture
- Understand Data Center architecture, including CLOS Fabric and overlay technologies such as VxLAN and EVPN
- Have experience in managing and troubleshooting multi-vendor environments like Juniper, Cisco, Arista & routing platforms like BIRD, FRR and Cumulus
- Understand of end-to-end data flows and traffic patterns
- Develop and manage network configuration templates utilizing automation tools like Python, Ansible, and Jinja2 effectively and efficiently
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.
