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W2 Role || Senior Akamai CDN Engineer || Fully Remote

Hybrid in Remote, IL, US • Posted 2 hours ago • Updated 14 minutes ago

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Skills

Operational Efficiency
Google Tag Manager (GTM)
Scripting
Python
Node.js
Java
JavaScript
Shell
Windows PowerShell
Terraform
Ansible
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Version Control
Computer Networking
TCP/IP
HTTP
HTTPS
TLS
Proxies
Load Balancing
Routing
Caching
POSTMAN
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Kubernetes
Grafana
Splunk
New Relic
Dynatrace
Microsoft Azure
Akamai
WAF
Management
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Network
SaaS
API
Artificial Intelligence
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Communication
IT Management
Mentorship
Incident Management
Root Cause Analysis

Operational Efficiency
Google Tag Manager (GTM)
Scripting
Python
Node.js
Java
JavaScript
Shell
Windows PowerShell
Terraform
Ansible
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Version Control
Computer Networking
TCP/IP
HTTP
HTTPS
TLS
Proxies
Load Balancing
Routing
Caching
POSTMAN
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Kubernetes
Grafana
Splunk
New Relic
Dynatrace
Microsoft Azure
Akamai
WAF
Management
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
DNS
Network
SaaS
API
Artificial Intelligence
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Communication
IT Management
Mentorship
Incident Management
Root Cause Analysis

Summary

Senior CDN Platform Engineer Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior CDN Platform Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, operating, securing, and optimizing enterprise-scale CDN and edge delivery platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on Akamai expertise, multi-cloud experience, automation/IaC skills, networking knowledge, and the ability to leverage AI/AIOps for platform reliability and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience with CDN, edge delivery, networking, or related infrastructure platforms.
Hands-on expertise with Akamai Property Manager, Edge DNS, GTM, Cloudlets, Bot Manager, and WAF/security products.
Working knowledge of Cloudflare or other enterprise CDN platforms.
Strong programming/scripting skills in Python plus at least one of Node.js, Java, JavaScript, Shell, or PowerShell.
Strong experience with Terraform, GitOps, Ansible, CI/CD, version control, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Strong networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/mTLS, proxies, load balancing, CDN routing.
Experience with REST APIs, API acceleration/caching, API gateways, Postman, and API security.
Multi-cloud experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, including containers, Kubernetes, and edge computing.
Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, or Akamai TrafficPeak.
Strong experience with WAF, DDoS protection, Bot Management, rate limiting, certificate management, API security, and Zero Trust.
Experience troubleshooting complex production issues across CDN, DNS, network, cloud, application, API, and security layers.
Experience with AI/Generative AI, AIOps, intelligent automation, self-healing, or automated remediation is highly desirable.
Strong communication, technical leadership, mentoring, architecture, incident response, and RCA skills.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 91121021
Position Id: 2026-46756
Posted 2 hours ago

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