Lead Data Engineer

Job Description
Join our highly skilled Site Reliability Engineering team
Our team designs, develops, and manages applications and infrastructure that support Akamai's Compute products and services. We do this while maintaining Akamai's mission at the forefront of what we do: make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.

Partner with the best
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in the Virtualization & Host Platforms (VHP) Core Linux Platforms (CLP) team, you will be at the forefront of Akamai Cloud hypervisor host technologies. Our team is responsible for the host Linux platform from the hardware to the host and guest platforms: kernel, operating systems, custom KVM/QEMU virtualization layer, guest images, and working closely with next-generation HW teams to ensure new hardware programs succeed in our datacenters. CLP is also pursuing an advanced CI/CD initiative to provide custom physical and virtual platforms to all Cloud infrastructure teams.

You will have opportunities to write software automating our processes, help diagnose and resolve challenging production issues, advance initiatives to improve resource utilization and customer experience, and learn from a highly skilled engineering team. This position will require creative thinking combined with deep domain expertise in the areas of Linux systems engineering, performance tuning, hardware interfaces, systems administration, and configuration management.

As a Se nior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Developing, testing, and distributing changes to software, services, and tools.
• Developing subject matter expertise in VHP components.
• Developing CI/CD pipelines to drive a highly sustainable infrastructure platform supply chain for our rapidly growing Akamai Cloud fleet.
• Comfortable working in new tooling, code and environments and automating what’s possible.
• Collaborating with our support, operations and engineering teams to troubleshoot complex problems

Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess expert level experience in Linux internals, system administration, and a deep understanding of underlying hardware.
• Possess advanced experience with the Linux kernel, OS, and optimization of their configurations for KVM/QEMU virtualization.
• Possess advanced level experience with designing, developing, and deploying software and infrastructure at scale.
• Advanced level experience in a Development or SRE role, preferably working with large scale distributed systems.
• Experienced with writing, modifying, and debugging Shell scripts and Python code.
• Experience with tools like SaltStack, Ansible, Kubernetes, Chef, or Puppet for managing infrastructure at scale.
• Have great communication and collaborative skills.
• Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.

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.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

About Starburst
Starburst delivers enterprise intelligence at scale by giving organizations secure, governed access to all their data, wherever it lives. Built for distributed data environments, Starburst helps enterprises power AI and analytics without the cost and complexity of traditional data consolidation. With open standards including Trino and Apache Iceberg, Starburst enables trusted access to complete enterprise context while helping organizations avoid vendor lock-in. Leading global enterprises trust Starburst to fuel AI, analytics, and enterprise intelligence. Learn more at starburst.ai.

About The Role
As a Security Engineer focused on Application and Product Security, you will play a key role in improving the security posture of our applications, services, and development ecosystem. You will work closely with engineering teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle, build secure-by-default patterns, and ensure that products are resilient against modern threats. This role combines hands-on technical work, security engineering, and collaboration with developers to guide secure design and remediation. You will help implement security controls, perform assessments, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our security program.

As An Application Security Engineer At Starburst You Will

• Integrate application security best practices into the development lifecycle by partnering with engineering teams and enabling automated security checks within CI/CD pipelines.
• Support and maintain Application Security based tooling—including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning—and help developers interpret and remediate findings.
• Conduct secure code reviews, threat modeling sessions, and application architecture assessments to identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain security automation, guardrails, and reusable components.
• Assist in defining and improving secure coding standards and application hardening practices.
• Support monitoring and detection efforts by helping improve application-level logging, telemetry, and alerting.
• Assist in incident response activities related to application vulnerabilities, including verification, triage, and remediation support.
• Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices in application and product security.
• Contribute to documentation including security requirements, guidelines, and remediation playbooks.
• Participate in internal security reviews, compliance-driven assessments, and architectural walkthroughs.
• Develop and help maintain existing application security tools, pipelines, and workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure secure deployment and continuous improvement of applications.

Some Of The Things We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2–5 years of experience in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role.
• Strong understanding of application vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies (OWASP Top 10, CWE).
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, Git-based workflows, and modern development practices.
• Familiarity with cloud security concepts and hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, JavaScript/Typescript, or Ruby. (Java and Python preferred.)
• Experience with application security tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SAST/DAST tools, SCA, or dependency scanning.
• Knowledge of secure coding principles, API security, authentication, authorization, and secrets management.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical issues clearly to developers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Understanding of agile development processes and working within engineering teams.
• Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.

Where could this role be based?
This role is based in our Warsaw office and follows a hybrid model, with an expectation of being onsite 1-2 days per week.

Build your career at Starburst
All-Stars have the opportunity and freedom to realize their true potential. By building alongside top talent, we’re empowered to take ownership of our careers and drive meaningful change. Anchored in industry-proven technology and unprecedented success, All-Stars are taking on the challenge everyday to disrupt our industry – and the future.

Our global workforce is supported by a competitive Total Rewards program that reflects our commitment to a rewarding and supportive work environment. This includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more.

We are committed to fostering an intentional, inclusive, and diverse culture that drives deep engagement, authentic belonging, and an exceptional All-Star experience. We believe that diversity of thought, perspective, background and experience will enable us to own what we do, drive our success and empower our All-Stars to show up authentically.

Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state

or local laws.

Our Mission
Swapcard is the leading AI-powered event platform designed to drive revenue growth and foster meaningful connections at in-person and hybrid events. We recognize the importance of teamwork in successful events; that's why Swapcard is fueled by a team of innovators who are passionate about helping organizers build future-proof events.

Our Vision
At Swapcard, we believe in the power of meaningful connections. This belief fuels our commitment to pioneering modern solutions that empower organizers to create engaging event experiences.

Guided by our commitment to excellence and collaboration, we aim to redefine the landscape of event technology, setting new standards for engagement, accessibility, and impact.

Our Beliefs
At Swapcard, diversity is at the core of our success. With 42 nationalities represented among our 180+ team members, we champion diversity as a catalyst for creativity, collaboration, and unparalleled innovation.

We believe that by embracing a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and viewpoints, we can truly understand and cater to the needs of our global community of event organizers and participants.

Our full remote opportunities empower our team to thrive, no matter where they are in the world, fostering a culture of flexibility and inclusion.

What you'll be doing?

• Improve AWS security configurations (IAM, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Amazon Inspector, etc.)
• Manage and maintain security tools: EDR, MDM, DLP, compliance agents, etc
• Coordinate with IT to ensure all laptops and endpoints follow security baselines
• Review and respond to SOC provider alerts, investigate incidents, and manage the final remediation phase
• Perform vulnerability management and coordinate patching with IT and DevOps
• Improve and maintain WAF rules, anti-bot protections, and other application-layer defenses
• Support access reviews, PCI-DSS reviews, and quarterly/monthly security tasks
• Document and implement security configurations for cloud and SaaS tools
• Contribute to Backup, DRP, and BCP testing in collaboration with Infra/IT teams
• Provide input to security roadmap planning with practical improvements from operations

What you should have?

• 3+ years of experience in Security Engineering, SecOps, or Cloud Security
• Hands-on experience with AWS security configuration and monitoring
• Familiarity with EDR, MDM, DLP, and identity management (SSO, MFA)
• Experience managing and troubleshooting security agents on endpoints
• Knowledge of incident investigation and coordination with SOC services
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management processes
• Comfortable collaborating with IT, DevOps, and compliance teams

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code security (Terraform)
• Knowledge of container security (Kubernetes, Helm)
• Experience automating security tasks with scripts or CI/CD integrations
• Exposure to SOC 2, PCI-DSS or ISO 27001 evidence collection and audits
• Interest in continuous improvement and tool optimization

Swapcard’s Interview process

Our thorough interview process aims to identify exceptional talent to advance our mission while offering you a chance to explore your career potential at Swapcard.

• Screening Interview with a recruiter from our people team
• A remote exercise to demonstrate and assess your skills
• Manager review with your future reporting manager
• Leadership review with one of our department leaders
• Reference check conducted by our people team
• Offer

Swapcard's Values
🧠
Curious
:
We ask questions, try new things and take risks. We learn from one another and see mistakes as opportunities to grow—what matters most is how we react and learn from them. We are curious about what something is and why something is. Innovation thrives when curiosity drives.

🗝️
Value-Driven:
At Swapcard, we focus on making each decision count by prioritising outcomes that create meaningful value for our customers, team members, and partners.

💚
Human
:
At Swapcard, being human means fostering empathy, openness, and diversity to create a caring and collaborative community. We’re driven by a strong team spirit and a shared goal of building meaningful connections—both through our product and within our team.

✊
Resilient
:
We embrace challenges with optimism, creativity, and adaptability, constantly seeking innovative solutions and opportunities for growth.

👑
Ownership:
At Swapcard, we take responsibility and are accountable for our actions, driving success through initiative, trust, and accountability. True ownership means more than just completing tasks; it's about being proactive, investing ourselves fully in the outcomes, and fostering a culture of trust.

Benefits & Reasons To Join Swapcard

• International team with 40+ nationalities (more on the way!) 🌍
• Remote-first policy with headquarters in Paris 🗼
• Thriving startup with career growth opportunities 🪴
• Open-minded culture that appreciates differences 👽
• Feedback-driven, supportive & curious team with a DIY mindset 🤔 🛠
• Generous Paid Time Off to ensure you have time for what matters most ❤️🏡
• Remote perks designed to optimize your working experience 🎁
• In-person social gatherings to celebrate our achievements 🏝️
• 100% of your health insurance contribution paid by Swapcard 🏥
• Work-from-home budget (one-off contribution for equipment in addition to your initial equipment setup) 🖇️
• Co-working space budget to support remote work in professional environments 💼
• Learning budget to help you develop new and existing skills 🤓
• Mental health care initiatives to support your well-being 🧘

Equal Opportunity
Swapcard is committed to upholding equal employment practices and making merit-based employment decisions. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, abilities, and experiences to apply, regardless of race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy status, age, marital status, and status as a veteran

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Requisition Number: 33208

Company: W Electric Poland LLC

Location:

Krakow, MA, PL, 30-701

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

You will be part of the Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) organization within IT, reporting to the I&O Delivery and Process Manager. You will support the design, development, and maintenance of automation solutions. These solutions improve system efficiency, reliability, and scalability of IT infrastructure and operational processes. Working with infrastructure, operations, and architecture teams, you will identify automation opportunities, reduce manual effort, and enhance service reliability through scripting, orchestration, and automated remediation.

You will report to the I&O Delivery and Process Manager and be located at Krakow office. You will work in hybrid model with 2 days at office.

Responsibilities

• Automation Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain automation workflows, scripts, and tools such as Morpheus, Ansible, PowerShell, Power Automate, Python, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Develop automated provisioning, configuration, compliance, and remediation capabilities.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives and automation standards.

Infrastructure Operations Support and Event Monitoring

• Automate operational activities across the Infrastructure and Operations environments.
• Collaborate with teams to improve service reliability and operational consistency.
• Develop and maintain automated event monitoring and remediation solutions by integrating monitoring platforms with automation tools and continuously improving operational performance.

Continuous Improvement

• Analyze operational issues and recurring incidents to identify automation opportunities.
• Improve operational processes through standardization and automation.
• Contribute to service resilience, availability, and recovery readiness objectives.
• Measure and report on automation outcomes and operational improvements.

Collaboration and Governance

• Document automation processes, standards, and operational procedures.
• Ensure automation solutions comply with security, audit, and operational requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to team members.

Support project delivery and operational priorities as assigned.

Qualifications

• BS in Information Systems or similar degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems administration, DevOps, automation engineering, or related technical roles
• Experience with Microsoft Power Apps
• Experience at scripting using PowerShell, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience across variety of enterprise platforms such as Windows, Linux, Backup, Storage, and Network environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (VMWare, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability platforms such as ServiceNow Event Management, Splunk, SolarWinds, SCOM, or similar tools.
• Understanding of ITIL-based operational processes.
• Experience implementing auto-remediation and self-healing infrastructure solutions.
• Troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with automation/orchestration tools such as Morpheus, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or equivalents

We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The gross base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be 11,416 to 14,266 PLN gross per month. In addition to the base pay, this role may be eligible for incentive pay based on company and individual performance.

Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse Electric Company Is The Global Nuclear Energy Industry's First Choice For Safe, Clean, And Efficient Energy Solutions. We Enable Our Delivery Of This Vision By Living Our Value System

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers great benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being.
Benefits Offered In Poland Include

• Stable employment
• Outstanding and supportive atmosphere of collaboration in the team and in Westinghouse group
• Attractive remuneration with bonuses
• Hybrid model of work, flexible working time
• MyBenefit Cafeteria
• Life insurance
• Private Medical Care
• Private Group Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• Charity initiatives
• Parking space for employees
• Employee referral program

You can learn more about Westinghouse by visiting
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

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