Job Description: Tech Lead – Cloud Content Delivery (CDN Migration)

Level: L4 / Tech Lead

Location: Hyderabad (or as applicable)

Function: Cloud Advisory / Managed Services – Content Delivery & Edge Infrastructure

Role Summary

We are looking for a Tech Lead – Systems Engineering to own and drive the migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront. Beyond hands-on architecture and delivery, this role carries technical leadership of the migration workstream — setting technical direction, reviewing designs, mentoring engineers, and acting as the primary technical point of contact for stakeholders through planning, execution, and cutover.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

• Lead end-to-end migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront — origin configurations, cache behaviors, and edge locations
• Architect and deploy CloudFront distributions with appropriate cache policies, origin request policies, and response header configurations
• Design and implement AWS WAF rules, web ACLs,



and managed rule groups to secure migrated workloads
• Own the design and quality of Terraform modules for CloudFront, WAF, and supporting AWS resources, establishing reusable patterns for the team
• Drive cache validation, latency testing, and traffic cutover verification across all migration phases
• Define and enforce standards for runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational handover documentation

Technical Leadership

• Set the technical approach and migration strategy in collaboration with architecture and delivery leadership
• Review peer designs, Terraform code, and cutover plans; ensure adherence to security, performance, and IaC best practices
• Mentor and upskill junior and mid-level engineers on CDN architecture, WAF configuration, and IaC practices
• Act as primary technical escalation point during cutover windows, coordinating with cross-functional teams (network, security, application owners)
• Communicate tec

📌 Tech Lead – Cloud Content Delivery (Hyderabad)
🏢 Minfy
📍 Hyderabad