About the Job
Akamai's Media and CDN team is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, highly productive software engineer who will be testing and verifying the core features/functionalities of the web/caching/streaming distributed servers that form the Akamai Cloud.
About the Team
The candidate will be part of the highly skilled Media & CDN engineering team that´s responsible for the software that runs Akamai´s world-wide network, one of the largest distributed systems in the world. Our software is a combination of many different technologies. It is a web server, a web client, a distributed caching engine, and much more. It provides a scalable, fault tolerant solution to web sites for handling their traffic, does HTTP HD streaming, determines the fastest route from point A to point B, hops around bottlenecks on the Internet, provides security, and provides a wide array of reporting abilities for our Network Operations Command Center and our customers.
By leveraging our global deployment of 70,000+ servers in 1,000+ networks, Akamai can uniquely solve problems and exceed fundamental limitations of traditional networking.
Responsibilities:
* Scope out comprehensive test plans based on the design requirements and code changes.
* Execute tests on a large-scale distributed test network.
* Maintain/enhance/develop test tools and automation frameworks.
* Benchmark various server metrics, across releases/hardware, to ensure quality and high performance.
* Investigate and analyze root causes of technical issues / performance bottlenecks.
* Verify and validate the server using white-box/black-box/functional/stress testing techniques.
* Mentor and train team members.
Basic Qualifications
* Education: Bachelor´s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years professional experience.
* Minimum 4 years of expertise in developing automation framework.
* Minimum 3 years of proficient programming in at least one language (C, C++, Perl, Python, etc.)
* Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience working in Unix/Linux.
* Minimum 3 years of understanding of networking concepts and web technologies such as HTTP, DNS, TCP / IP.
Desired Qualifications
* Education: Master´s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred.
* Domain knowledge in the area of web server (apache / tomcat), proxy server and caching technology.
* Good understanding of operating system fundamentals.
* Highly responsible, self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, able to work with little or no supervision.
* Passion to understand, learn, and dissect new technologies quickly on your own.
* Extensive experience working on multiple projects at a time in a fast paced, results oriented environment.
* Meticulous attention to detail and excellent debugging / troubleshooting skills.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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 provides market-leading, cloud-based services for optimizing Web and mobile content and applications, online HD video, and secure e-commerce. Combining highly-distributed, energy-efficient computing with intelligent software, Akamai has grown from a theoretical "big idea" in 1998, into one of the world's most successful technology companies. With more than 2,000 employees and over 85,000 servers located around the world Akamai´s distributed computing system is transforming the cloud into a more viable place to inform, entertain, advertise, transact and collaborate.
Contact us!
If you´re excited by Akamai and would like to help change the online landscape please apply.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace.
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