Senior Cloud & Edge Architect (Akamai, AWS & Azure Front Door)

1. Architecture & Solution Design

• Design and implement scalable multi-cloud edge architectures leveraging Akamai, AWS, and Azure Front Door.
• Define global traffic management, failover, caching, and origin protection strategies.
• Architect secure and resilient AWS and Azure environments supporting high-availability applications.
• Lead solution design workshops and provide technical guidance to stakeholders.

2. Edge & CDN Engineering

• Configure and manage Akamai properties (WAF, Bot Manager, DDoS protection, EdgeWorkers, property rules).
• Design and implement Azure Front Door (Standard/Premium) including routing rules, WAF policies, caching, and custom domains.
• Optimize performance through advanced caching policies, compression, TLS optimization, and traffic routing.

3. Cloud Infrastructure (AWS & Azure)

• Architect and manage AWS services (VPC, ALB/NLB, EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM).
• Architect and manage Azure networking and compute services (VNets, Application Gateway, AKS, App Services, Storage, Azure AD).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep.

4. Security & Governance

• Implement edge security policies, SSL/TLS management, zero-trust patterns, and origin shielding.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, logging, monitoring, and audit requirements.
• Drive best practices around identity, access control, and secure cloud networking.

5. Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Provide hands-on troubleshooting, performance tuning, and production support.
• Integrate cloud and CDN configurations with CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor engineering teams and conduct architecture and code reviews.
• Collaborate with DevOps, application, and security teams to ensure seamless delivery.

We are seeking a Senior Cloud & Edge Architect with strong hands-on expertise in Akamai, AWS, and Azure Front Door to design, implement, and optimize secure, high-performance, and globally distributed digital platforms. This role requires deep experience in CDN strategy, cloud networking, edge security, and infrastructure automation. AEM experience is good to have but not mandatory., * 8-12+ years of experience in cloud and edge architecture.

• Strong hands-on expertise with Akamai CDN and security solutions.
• Deep knowledge of AWS architecture and networking.
• Strong experience with Azure Front Door and Azure networking.
• Expertise in DNS, SSL/TLS, caching strategies, and performance optimization.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps automation.

Good to Have

• Experience supporting AEM or other CMS platforms behind CDN/edge solutions.
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, Splunk).

4.04.0 out of 5 stars Dallas, TX 75244 $60 - $85 an hour - Temporary, Contract