Akamai CDN Platform Engineer

Requirements

Roles and Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and manage enterprise-wide Akamai CDN solutions supporting global applications.
  
• Lead onboarding and migration of websites, APIs, and digital assets onto Akamai.
  
• Manage Akamai Property Manager, Edge DNS, GTM, Cloudlets, Akamai Ion, and DSA.
  
• Optimize caching, acceleration, and origin strategies for improved performance.
  
• Implement Kona Site Defender, Bot Manager, API Security, and DDoS protections.
  
• Utilize Dynatrace for end-to-end application performance monitoring, digital experience monitoring, root cause analysis, and proactive performance optimization of CDN-delivered applications.
  
• Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning using Akamai analytics and Dynatrace observability data.
  
• Collaborate with cloud, network, DevOps, application, and security teams.
  
• Develop automation using Akamai APIs, Terraform, and scripting tools.
  
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
  
• 8-10 years of overall IT experience with at least 5+ years on Akamai CDN.
  
• Strong expertise in Akamai Property Manager, Edge DNS, GTM, Cloudlets, Ion, and DSA.
  
• Deep understanding of CDN architecture, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, caching, and traffic management.
  
• Hands-on experience with Akamai security solutions including Kona WAF and Bot Manager.
  
• Experience using Dynatrace for application performance monitoring (APM), Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring, service flow analysis, and incident troubleshooting.
  
• Strong troubleshooting and production support experience.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
  
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automation practices.
  
• Scripting experience in Python, Shell, or PowerShell.
  
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Datadog, or other enterprise monitoring platforms.
  
• Experience integrating Akamai performance metrics and logs with Dynatrace dashboards and alerting solutions.
  

Additional Key Skill

Monitoring & Observability

• Dynatrace Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
  
• Real User Monitoring (RUM)
  
• Synthetic Monitoring
  
• Distributed Tracing
  
• Service Flow Analysis
  
• Problem Detection & AI-powered Root Cause Analysis
  
• Dashboarding, Alerting, and Performance Analytics
  

Benefits