| Location: | Cambridge, MA, US | Posted Date: | 2014-01-27 00:00:00.0 |
| Cost Center: | 215 | Category: | Engineering |
| ID: | 9667 |
Overview:
About the Job
Akamai's System Communications team is looking for a talented Engineer and Technical Leader to join the Metadata development team. This engineer will be involved with the design, implementation and maintenance of a highly available application platform.
About the Team
System Communications Metadata is a small team of engineers who develop distributed systems that support Akamai's global network. These systems operate behind the scenes to provide the fault-tolerant and highly-scalable core of Akamai's configuration and health monitoring systems.
Responsibilities:
* Design, implement and maintain Akamai's next generation configuration system
* Work on projects that make our systems more stable, scalable, faster and secure
* Work to understand, explain and improve complicated code bases
* Understand, troubleshoot, trace and develop fixes for root causes in distributed systems
* Assist with the development of system and unit tests
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
* Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.
* Minimum of 5 years expertise with building scalable servers or distributed systems.
* Minimum of 5 years development experience on Linux/ Unix platforms
* Minimum of 3 years experience with programming in C, C++ or Java
Desired Qualifications
* Proven track record of delivering large amounts of high quality, complex code.
* Highly responsible, self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, able to work with little or no supervision.
* Extensive experience working on multiple projects at a time in a fast paced, results oriented environment.
* Experience working with Internet protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS.
* Technical proficiency with RESTful web services, Linux, and one or more dynamic programming languages
* Understanding of Linux virtualization and/or containerization technology and applications preferred but not required
Other Information
* Is relocation available for this position: No
* Is US Citizenship required: No
* Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
About Akamai:
Akamai® is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the company’s solutions is the Akamai Intelligent PlatformTM providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
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