Position: Senior CDN Platform Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: 6–12 Months Contract
Job Summary
We are looking for a hands-on Senior CDN Platform Engineer with strong expertise in deploying, configuring, securing, and optimizing enterprise CDN platforms, particularly Akamai. The role requires strong CDN/edge delivery, networking, security, automation, cloud, and DevOps experience, with the ability to support highly available global environments.
Must-Have Skills
Strong hands-on Akamai experience – Property Manager, Edge DNS, GTM, Cloudlets, Bot Manager and WAF/Security products
Experience deploying, configuring and troubleshooting CDN platforms; Cloudflare or another enterprise CDN is highly preferred
Strong knowledge of DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, TLS/mTLS, caching, edge routing, load balancing and traffic engineering
CDN security: WAF, DDoS protection, Bot Management, API security, rate limiting and certificate management
Automation/IaC using Python, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps and CI/CD
Programming/scripting experience with at least two: Python, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Shell or PowerShell
Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, containers, Kubernetes and microservices
REST APIs, API gateways, API caching/acceleration and Postman
Monitoring/observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, Dynatrace, New Relic or Prometheus
Strong production troubleshooting across CDN, DNS, networking, cloud, application and security layers
Responsibilities
Deploy, configure, support and optimize enterprise-scale Akamai CDN and edge services.
Configure caching, DNS, traffic routing, origin optimization and application performance strategies.
Build automation and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Python, Terraform, Ansible and GitOps.
Implement and maintain WAF, DDoS, Bot Management, API security and certificate controls.
Build monitoring, alerting and observability capabilities and troubleshoot complex production issues.
Partner with cloud, network, security and application teams and provide technical guidance on CDN architecture and best practices.