CDN Engineer

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.