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Job Description:
We are urgently hiring a CDN Engineer to support a leading healthcare organization. This is a 100% remote, W2 contract opportunity for an experienced engineer with deep Akamai CDN and WAF expertise.
Role Details:
Position: CDN Engineer
Domain: Healthcare
Work Type: Contract (W2)
Location: 100% Remote (US)
Visa: USC or GC Only
Must-Have Requirements:
7+ years of hands-on experience implementing, configuring, optimizing, and supporting enterprise-scale CDN environments across highly distributed systems
Strong experience with CDN platforms: Akamai (preferred), Imperva, Fastly, CloudFront, Cloudflare
Experience with 2+ programming/scripting languages: Python, GoLang, Node.js, Java
Experience building automation frameworks using Python, Terraform, GitOps
Strong understanding of: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/mTLS, Load Balancing, Proxy technologies, WAF
Experience with REST APIs, Postman, API acceleration, 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
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field
Preferred Qualifications:
Deep expertise with Akamai products: TrafficPeak, Metadata Tracer, Kona Site Defender, Property Manager, EdgeWorkers, Bot Manager, Edge DNS, GTM, Site Shield
Experience with observability platforms: Grafana, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, New Relic
Experience with AWS, GCP, virtualized environments, and enterprise cloud architectures
Familiarity with DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), GitOps methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Job Responsibilities:
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
Optimize content delivery performance through effective caching, traffic management, and acceleration techniques
Partner with application teams, developers, network network engineers, cloud engineers, and security teams to integrate CDN services
Provide subject matter expertise and technical leadership on CDN technologies and platform capabilities
Analyze traffic patterns, performance metrics, cache effectiveness, and security events
Provide operational support for CDN services, including incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
Participate in on-call rotations and support late-night go-live activities
Mentor engineers and support teams on CDN technologies, automation practices, and operational procedures
Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and modern DevOps practices
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