[Remote] Platform Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Akkodis is a staffing and technology services company seeking a CDN Platform Engineer for a client in Dearborn, Michigan. The role owns the design, implementation, optimization, and reliability of enterprise CDN platforms, leading Multi-CDN transformation, automation, observability, security, incident response, and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner and subject matter expert (SME) for enterprise CDN technologies, partnering with application, network, infrastructure, and security teams to design and implement scalable content delivery solutions
• Lead the technical transformation of the organization's global content delivery strategy and CDN Center of Excellence (CoE), driving the migration from legacy vendor-managed platforms to a modern automated Multi-CDN ecosystem
• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain CDN environments across Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, Google Media CDN, and GCP Cloud CDN to support diverse application workloads and business requirements
• Build self-service capabilities within the internal developer portal (Backstage), enabling application teams to provision CDN services, manage cache operations, and consume platform services through automated workflows and APIs
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Ansible to automate CDN provisioning, origin integrations, caching policies, WAF configurations, and bot management controls
• Build and support GitOps-based CI/CD pipelines using Tekton and GitHub Actions to streamline deployments and improve operational consistency
• Publish and secure management APIs through Apigee, ensuring compliance with OpenAPI standards and security best practices, including 42Crunch validation and scanning
• Lead technical root cause analysis (RCA) for critical production incidents, participate in on-call rotations, and develop automated remediation solutions to minimize recurring issues
• Maintain high platform reliability through proactive monitoring, incident prevention, alerting strategies, and the establishment of CDN-specific SLAs and SLOs
• Design and implement observability solutions using Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana to provide real-time visibility into traffic performance, security events, cache efficiency, and CDN offload metrics
• Evaluate emerging CDN technologies, edge computing capabilities, and performance optimization techniques to improve scalability, security, and customer experience
• Create technical documentation, operational playbooks, standards, and training materials while mentoring engineers and promoting platform best practices across the organization

Skills

• • 5+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise CDN platforms, including Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, Google Cloud CDN, or equivalent solutions
• • Strong expertise in Multi-CDN strategy, implementation, and operational management
• • Deep understanding of DNS, Global Traffic Management (GTM), CNAME chaining, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TLS/SSL, caching policies and headers, edge computing, and web performance optimization
• • Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible in production environments
• • Strong programming and automation skills using Python, Java, and/or modern scripting languages
• • Experience building self-service platform capabilities with Backstage, REST APIs, and modern web technologies including React
• • Hands-on experience with CI/CD and GitOps methodologies using Tekton, GitHub Actions, or comparable automation tools
• • Experience implementing API management and security solutions using Apigee, OpenAPI standards, and API security scanning tools
• • Expertise in monitoring, observability, and telemetry platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana
• • Proven ability to lead incident response, root cause analysis, and operational excellence initiatives in large-scale production environments
• • Strong communication, collaboration, documentation, and mentoring skills
• • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• • Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Cloud Run, Transcoder API, GKE/OpenShift, and related cloud-native services
• • Experience integrating CDN platforms with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM/AEMaaCS) or other enterprise content management systems
• • Knowledge of web application security, WAF management, bot mitigation, and edge security controls
• • Experience designing and implementing developer platform capabilities and internal engineering portals
• • Previous experience leading large-scale global CDN migrations and transformation initiatives
• • SaaS platform experience and familiarity with enterprise digital content delivery architectures

Benefits

• This is a hybrid position, with preference for candidates who can work onsite one day per week. Fully remote candidates will also be considered.
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• EAP program
• Commuter benefits
• A 401K plan
• Paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law
• Holiday pay where applicable

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