CDN Engineer (Content Delivery Network Engineer)

Title: CDN Engineer (Content Delivery Network Engineer)
Location: REMOTE

About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.

• Akami is the client approved CDN management tool at this moment and that is why experience is preferred.
• Could work on customer support, on call support, load management, automations, and some engineering work.
• Hands on CDN Engineer with profound foundational expertise in CDN concepts flexible to do maintenance, ops work, stories, but also driving automation and modernization work not full time doing development work.
  

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications

• (Senior role =Min 10+ years exp/ Mid-level 5-7 years) on implementation and configuration for CDN at the enterprise wide across distributed systems. Must be flexible with the schedule as our CDN releases happen late at night.
• Experience with two or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., GoLang, Node.js, Python, Java)
• Working knowledge in other CDN areas such as: Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, CloudFront, Cloudflare etc.
• Building and maintaining robust automation frameworks using tools like Python, Terraform, GitOps, or other scripting languages to manage CDN configurations.
• Configure, optimize, and maintain CDN solutions like Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, CloudFront, Cloudflare etc. to enhance the content delivery performance.
• Understanding of search engine and performance optimization on CDN solutions.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Akamai TrafficPeak, Grafana, Splunk / MS Sentinel / New Relic, Akamai Metadata Tracer, ability to understand metrics and impact to system performance, and ability to build dashboards and alerts to ensure system reliability.
• Must be able to work on various aspects of CDN like automation, engagements, on-call support, triaging/troubleshooting efficiently.
• Understanding of core networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, TLS/mTLS, DNS, HTTP/s, proxy, load-balancing, WAF etc.)
• Experience with API tools like Postman/Rest APIs and API acceleration/Caching patterns.
• Implement and maintain Bot Manager and DNS configurations.
• Optimize cache settings, routing rules, and security configurations within CDN.
• Familiar with various distributed compute environments including client-server, VMs, AWS, Google Cloud Platform.
• Implement security best practices for CDN configurations and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, network engineers, and security experts.
• Must be able to provide CDN solutions/recommendations such as reference architecture, configurations, and deployment processes to enterprise solution teams.
• Provide support for incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of CDN solutions into enterprise applications.

Employment Practices:
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VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy.