Senior Server Tech Services Engineer

Location: Malaysia; Remote

Do you have a passion for network infrastructure technologies?

Would you enjoy maintaining mega scale global internet platform infrastructure?

Join our Server Tech Services Team!

Our Network Infrastructure organization is responsible for Akamais Edge Platform. It is one of the worlds largest distributed platforms consisting of over 250,000+ servers across 137 countries. This platform handles a significant portion of the worlds Internet traffic. Our Server Tech Services team works on hardware and network issues on Akamais infrastructure.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Server Tech Services Engineer, you will be responsible for resolving high-severity hardware and network issues across Akamais infrastructure. You will lead complex technical escalations, mentor junior engineers, and drive operational excellence.

As a Senior Server Tech Services Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Reporting and working closely with the cSTS team lead during critical maintenance projects
• Collaborating with Network Infrastructure and Site Reliability Engineering teams to assess issues and initiate swift workflows
• Diagnosing high-level hardware and network issues across the global infrastructure
• Facilitating server repairs by working with ISP and Field Engineers
• Coordinating the return of Akamai equipment back to the warehouse or vendors
• Monitoring hardware failure patterns and proactively reporting trends to Hardware Engineering and vendors

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in technology, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Have experience with fault diagnosis in network and server hardware technologies like drives, RAM, motherboards, and RAID
• Possess expert knowledge of Layer 1 and Layer 2 troubleshooting, OSI Model, and Unix/Linux CLI
• Have experience with data center technologies and infrastructure environment management
• Demonstrate solid analytical skills to systematically gather information and resolve complex technical issues
• Be knowledgeable in maintaining solid working relationships with internal teams, third-party service providers, and external vendors

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether youre streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, were the engine behind the scenes. We provide the worlds 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 worlds biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the worlds most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we dont just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And were 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.

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Akamais FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. Its not about telling employees where to work; its 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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As a Senior Server Tech Services Engineer, you will be responsible for resolving high-severity hardware and network issues across Akamai’s infrastructure. You will lead complex technical escalations, mentor junior engineers, and drive operational excellence.