Senior Akamai CDN Platform Engineer

Job Title : Senior Akamai CDN Platform Engineer

Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience : 8-10 Years (Min. 5+ Years on Akamai CDN)

Employment Type : Full-Time

Role Overview :

BCE Global Tech is seeking a Senior Akamai CDN Platform Engineer to lead the architecture, performance optimization, and security governance of our enterprise-scale, global digital platforms.

In this role, you will own the end-to-end edge delivery strategy - from onboarding critical web applications and APIs onto Akamai to building infrastructure automation with Terraform and enforcing enterprise-grade edge security. If you excel at solving complex traffic management, caching, and edge security challenges at a global scale, this role provides the platform to drive technical leadership and architectural vision.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Edge Architecture & Onboarding :

- Architect, deploy, and manage enterprise Akamai CDN solutions supporting multi-region, high-traffic applications and APIs.

- Lead end-to-end web migrations, domain onboarding, traffic steering, and origin configuration onto the Akamai platform.

- Configure and optimize Akamai core products : Property Manager, Edge DNS, Global Traffic Management (GTM), Cloudlets, Akamai Ion, and Dynamic Site Accelerator (DSA).

2. Edge Security & Compliance :

- Implement, tune, and maintain Akamai web security suites, including Kona Site Defender (WAF), Bot Manager, API Security, and DDoS mitigations.

- Enforce strict SSL/TLS configurations, certificate lifecycles, and secure origin connectivity.

3. Performance & Reliability Engineering :

- Drive continuous performance tuning across caching behaviors, edge acceleration, origin shield configurations, and payload optimization.

- Act as the lead escalation point for production incidents, complex edge troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA).

4. Automation & Infrastructure as Code :

- Automate CDN configuration lifecycles, property deployments, and DNS changes using Terraform, Akamai CLI/APIs, and custom scripts.

- Integrate edge deployment workflows into enterprise CI/CD pipelines.

5. Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration :

- Collaborate closely with cloud, DevOps, application engineering, and cyber security teams to align CDN configurations with corporate standards.

- Provide technical mentorship, operational guidance, and architectural oversight to junior platform engineers.

Candidate Qualifications :

- Core Experience : 8 - 10 years of overall IT experience with 5+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience on the Akamai CDN platform.

- Akamai Mastery : Advanced proficiency in Property Manager, Edge DNS, GTM, Cloudlets, Ion, DSA, Kona WAF, and Bot Manager.

- Networking & Protocols : In-depth knowledge of DNS routing, HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 protocols, SSL/TLS handshakes, caching mechanisms, and edge traffic engineering.

- Automation & Cloud : Hands-on experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) and Python/Shell scripting, alongside familiarity with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

- Observability : Experience using monitoring and logging platforms such as Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, or Grafana for edge analytics.

Preferred Certifications :

- Akamai Certified Professional / Akamai Delivery Professional / Akamai Security Professional

- AWS / Azure Solutions Architect

- CCNA / CCNP Networking Certifications