Senior CDN Engineer :: Remote

Role: Senior CDN Engineer

Location: Remote

Contract: 6-12 months 

Exp: 12-18 yrs

Who Are You

You are an experienced Content Delivery Network (CDN) professional with 7+ years of hands-on experience implementing, configuring, optimizing, and supporting enterprise-scale CDN environments across highly distributed systems. You thrive in fast-paced environments, possess deep expertise in CDN technologies, automation, networking, and security, and are comfortable supporting critical go-live activities during off-hours and late-night deployment windows.

You are a proactive problem solver who can collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, provide architectural guidance, and develop scalable CDN solutions that improve application performance, reliability, security, and user experience.

Role Responsibilities
Development & Enforcement
·                  Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise CDN solutions across distributed environments.

Develop and enforce CDN standards, best practices, security controls, and operational procedures.
Implement and maintain Bot Manager, DNS configurations, caching strategies, routing rules, and security policies.
Ensure CDN configurations comply with organizational security requirements and industry standards.
Optimize content delivery performance through effective caching, traffic management, and acceleration techniques.
Collaboration & Expertise
·                  Partner with application teams, developers, network engineers, cloud engineers, and security teams to integrate CDN services into enterprise applications.

Provide subject matter expertise and technical leadership on CDN technologies and platform capabilities.
Develop reference architectures, configuration standards, deployment processes, and technical recommendations for enterprise solution teams.
Participate in architecture reviews and strategic technology discussions.
Analysis & Configuration
·                  Configure, optimize, and manage CDN platforms including:

o        Akamai (preferred)

Imperva
Fastly
AWS CloudFront
Cloudflare
Analyze traffic patterns, performance metrics, cache effectiveness, and security events.
Optimize search engine performance and content delivery efficiency through CDN tuning.
Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and implement improvements to reduce latency and increase availability.
Manage API acceleration, caching patterns, and edge delivery optimizations.
Operational Support
·                  Provide operational support for CDN services, including incident response, troubleshooting, triage, and root cause analysis.

Participate in on-call rotations and support late-night go-live activities and production deployments.
Monitor CDN environments using enterprise monitoring and observability tools.
Build dashboards, alerts, and reporting mechanisms to ensure platform stability and reliability.
Ensure rapid resolution of production issues while minimizing business impact.
Mentorship & Training
·                  Mentor engineers and support teams on CDN technologies, automation practices, and operational procedures.

Share knowledge regarding CDN architecture, caching strategies, monitoring, troubleshooting, and security best practices.
Create technical documentation, operational runbooks, and training materials.
Innovation and Research
·                  Research emerging CDN technologies, edge computing innovations, and industry trends.

Evaluate new tools, platforms, and capabilities to improve enterprise CDN performance and operational efficiency.
Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and modern DevOps practices.
Recommend innovative solutions that improve reliability, security, scalability, and customer experience.
Strategic Planning
·                  Contribute to long-term CDN strategy, platform evolution, and roadmap planning.

Develop scalable architectures aligned with business growth and technology objectives.
Assess current-state environments and provide recommendations for optimization and modernization.
Assist leadership with capacity planning, technology selection, and enterprise architecture decisions

Basic Qualifications:
·                  Minimum 7+ years of experience implementing and configuring CDN solutions in large-scale enterprise environments.

Strong experience with CDN platforms, including Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, CloudFront, and Cloudflare.
Experience with two or more programming or scripting languages such as:
o        Python

GoLang
Node.js
Java
Experience building automation frameworks using:
o        Python

Terraform
GitOps
Other automation and scripting technologies
Strong understanding of:
o        TCP/IP

DNS
HTTP/HTTPS
TLS/mTLS
Load Balancing
Proxy technologies
Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
Experience with REST APIs, Postman, API acceleration, and caching strategies.
Experience supporting distributed systems across cloud and hybrid environments.
Ability to participate in on-call support and work flexible schedules, including after-hours production deployments.

Preferred Qualifications:
·                  Deep expertise with Akamai products and services, including:
o        Akamai TrafficPeak
Akamai Metadata Tracer
Akamai security and delivery products
Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as:
o        Grafana

Splunk
Microsoft Sentinel
New Relic
Experience creating dashboards, alerting frameworks, and performance monitoring solutions.
Knowledge of search engine optimization and CDN performance optimization techniques.
Experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, virtualized environments, and enterprise cloud architectures.
Familiarity with DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience developing enterprise reference architectures and deployment standards.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Education Required:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience may be considered.
Industry certifications in CDN, cloud, networking, security, or DevOps technologies are highly desirable (e.g., Akamai, AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, or related certifications).