Intern - Site Reliability Engineer (Tool Development)

Would you like to work with cutting-edge technology?

Would you like to manage distributed systems and make an impact?

Make an impact with our Software Teams.!

Our Software teams manage the deployment and operation of tens of thousands of hosts to support customer applications for 100's of thousands virtual machines.

As a Site Reliability Engineer Intern, you'll participate in the whole software development life cycle. You will develop big data applications and services with high reliability and massive scale on top of Akamai's growing Linode Compute platform.

As a participant in our program, you will gain valuable experience and contribute through meaningful project work. You will have the opportunity to join us for training, networking events, and engagements with company leadership. Our internships are open to students and graduates.

Start: July 1st
Duration: 6 months
Salary: 5000-7000 PLN gross/month

Partner with the best

In this role, you will help create tools to analyze the performance of the Linode platform. The project will use a graph DB to represent the configuration of VPCs over their layered physical and logical components. The graph DB could enable calculation of aggregate VPC behavior, impact of one misbehaving customer on others, and the potential impact of component failure.

As a Site Reliability Intern, you will be responsible for:

• Programming in Julia or Python
• Creating tools to help internal SRE users by integrating open source libraries
• Testing, debugging, and deploying the tools against billions measurements
• Presenting the results to potential internal users

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be a graduate or advanced undergrad that is interested in Data Science, Symbolic Reasoning, or Machine Learning in the context of operating large systems
• Have skills in at least two (not necessarily all) of these areas:
  • Data Analyst: e.g. Julia/Python Data Analysis Libraries, SQL
  • Graph Databases: e.g. Property Graphs (Neo4j), Semantic Graphs (OWL/RDF)
  • Visualization: e.g. Holoviz/Panel, Plotly, Grafana
  • VM Domain Knowledge: e.g. Containers, Kubernetes, Cloud Native, Routing Protocols
  • Performance Analysis: e.g. Queuing Theory, Health Checks, Reliability Analysis, Security Analysis
  • Observability: e.g. Prometheus, Jaeger, Datadog, Dynatrace

Work in a way that works for you

Our 6-month interm program starts in July. The program requires you to be available 40 hours per week during summer months (July-September). We offer the opportunity to work part-time during the academic year (October-December).

This is a flexible role and may be performed at your home and/or the local Akamai office (in the country advertised). We are happy to discuss working options in this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more details when you apply.

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Working for you

Through our intern and co-op programs we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Financial benefits are offered through our managed service provider (MSP). Students also gain the following benefits directly from our programs:

• Mentorship
• Career development trainings
• Visibility into senior leadership through Fireside Chats
• Networking and social events with an international intern cohort
• Fun perks including Akamai branded merchandise

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to learn and make a real impact in a global technology company? Come join us and learn with a team of people who will energize and inspire you! By the end of your assignment, you will gain a network of encouraging colleagues ready to support you in your studies and beyond.