Platform Analyst/Engineer (Akamai)

• Administer, configure, and support the Akamai platform across multiple business-critical web applications.
• Define and execute application onboarding activities for new and existing services.
• Design and maintain Akamai delivery configurations to improve website performance, resiliency, and user experience.
• Implement and manage CDN strategies to optimize content delivery and reduce latency.
• Configure and maintain traffic management policies, load balancing rules, and routing strategies.
• Support edge security initiatives including web application protection, DDoS mitigation, bot defense, and secure application delivery.
• Collaborate with application owners, network teams, infrastructure teams, and cybersecurity stakeholders to deploy and support web-facing applications.
• Monitor platform performance and proactively identify opportunities for optimization.
• Troubleshoot application delivery issues, caching problems, SSL/TLS configurations, DNS challenges, and security incidents.
• Develop documentation, standards, and operational procedures related to Akamai services.
• Participate in change management and production support activities.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Akamai technologies, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), edge security, web application protection, and traffic management. This is a hands-on engineering role that requires strong troubleshooting skills, stakeholder communication, and the ability to balance performance, availability, and security requirements., * 3+ years of experience supporting Akamai technologies in a production enterprise environment.

• Hands-on experience with: *

• Akamai CDN
• Akamai Property Manager
• Akamai Edge DNS
• Traffic optimization and routing
• Content caching strategies
• Web performance tuning

• Strong understanding of: *

• HTTP/HTTPS
• DNS
• TLS/SSL certificates
• Content Delivery Networks
• Load balancing concepts
• Web application architecture
• Experience troubleshooting website availability, latency, and content delivery issues.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Akamai certifications strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Akamai security solutions including: *

• Kona Site Defender
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• DDoS Protection
• Bot Management
• API Security
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, or Terraform.
• Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.