About the role
Do you have a passion for network infrastructure technologies?
Would you enjoy building high use and highly critical global platform infrastructures?
Join our team
Our Network Infrastructure team is responsible for planning, deploying, and maintaining hardware. We work with on-site technicians, maintain equipment availability based on demand, manage inventory, and retire equipment. We look after hardware infrastructure management, including cabinet planning, equipment tracking, documentation, and firmware upgrades.
Partner with the best
As a Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer, you will oversee operations in our global data centers. You will monitor and maintain our data centers, networks, and servers worldwide. You will also interact directly with data center Network Operations Centers via phone, email, and web portals.
As a Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for:
Deploying and repairing servers, storage systems, routers, switches, and other hardware
Installing hardware, cabling, firmware, and software both on-site and remotely
Managing hardware decommission projects, including hardware disposal and data destruction
Shipping and receiving networking equipment to maintain network availability and reliability
Performing project work for data center migrations and hardware platform upgrades
Coordinating data center deployments from hardware requests to rack design
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
Have experience in a NOC environment with hands-on hardware experience
Be knowledgeable of computer hardware and networking equipment
Possess solid troubleshooting skills in a large-scale data center environment
Have understanding of Linux system administration, server administration, and internals
Demonstrate professional problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
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.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
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