Position title : Content Delivery Network Specialist
Location : Remote (Florham Park, NJ)
Candidates must be flexible in what they do, fit the job description, and be agreeable to the on call nature of the work.
Min 10+ years exp 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, NodeJs, 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 engines and performance optimization on CDN solutions.
* Experience with monitoring tools such as Akamai Traffic Peak , Grafana, Splunk / MS Sentinel / Newrelic, 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, GCP.
* 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.
Preferred Qualifications: Hands on experience with Akamai CDN solutions