Job Purpose
We are seeking a skilled CND & Edge Security Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Akamai Cloudflare Multi CDN operations Multi DNS platforms WAF Security Application Load Balancing (ALB) origin server/network management DNAT and ingress traffic protection.
The role demands the ability to design optimize and operate high scale global content delivery architectures protect applications via edge security and ensure end to end availability latency optimization and secure delivery of web API and mobile traffic.
You will collaborate with internal teams vendors and cloud/network partners to ensure 247 application availability performance and security posture.
Duties and Responsibilities
A. Minimum Required Accountabilities for this Role (Mandatory)
CND & Multi-CDN Operations
Manage and operate Akamai Ion Kona GTM and Cloudflare CDN Workers Page Rules Load Balancing.
Implement and support Multi CDN architecture with automatic failover performance based routing and traffic steering.
Configure caching rules TTL strategies edge logic compression device-based optimizations and performance tuning.
Monitor CDN performance (latency throughput hit/miss ratio) and drive continuous optimization.
Multi-DNS & Global Traffic Management
Operate Multi DNS platforms (Akamai GTM Cloudflare Load Balancer/DNS NS1 Route53 or similar).
Design failover/geo routing policies proximity routing health checks and weighted traffic distribution.
Manage DNS zones CNAME hierarchies SPF/DMARC/DKIM (where applicable) and coordinate DNS change governance.
WAF & Edge Security Operations
Manage Akamai WAF/Kona Cloudflare WAF bot management rate limiting IP firewall and DDoS protection.
Tune security rulesets (OWASP signatures custom rules API schema validation bot scoring ACLs).
Respond to security alerts block malicious traffic and coordinate with SOC for edge attack investigations.
Application Load Balancing & Origin Management
Manage ALB at cloud (Azure/OCI/AWS ALB) on prem ADCs or CDN-based L7 load balancers.
Handle end to end traffic flow from CDN Load Balancer Reverse Proxy Application Servers.
Maintain and optimize origin server configurations: SSL/TLS policies caching headers security headers (HSTS CSP)



keep-alive settings.
Network & Ingress Traffic Management
Implement DNAT reverse proxy routing path/host-based routing and micro segmentation at ingress.
Ensure secure transport via mTLS TLS 1.2/1.3 certificate lifecycle OCSP stapling key rotation.
Troubleshoot traffic issues using HTTP traces HAR logs CDN debug headers edge logs and packet captures.
Monitoring & Incident Management
Monitor CDN/WAF performance DNS health origin latency and traffic anomalies.
Handle 247 operational incidents CDN failover WAF rule lockdowns and DNS routing changes.
Provide RCA (root cause analysis) and implement long term remediation.
Documentation & Collaboration
Maintain documentation for CDN architectures DNS routing WAF rules security policies and SOPs.
Collaborate with application teams security teams DevOps SRE and product owners for stable releases and go lives.

B. Additional Accountabilities (Advanced / Growth-Oriented)
Architecture & Optimization
Design and enhance Multi CDN & Multi DNS strategies for high availability performance and global coverage.
Implement smart routing logic using Akamai Property Manager Cloudflare Workers Transform Rules and Edge Logic.
Lead optimization for web performance (LCP FID CLS) using CDN improvements and origin Leadership
Build zero trust edge security policies including API security bot management behavioural detection and micro segmented WAF rules.
Periodically test security posture against DDoS WAF bypass and bot attacks.
Work with SOC to integrate CDN logs with SIEM.
Automation & DevSecOps
Automate CDN config deployments using Terraform Akamai APIs Cloudflare API CI/CD workflows.
Build scripts for DNS failover checks certificate renewals and edge rule validations.
Maintain version-controlled configuration repositories.
Performance Engineering




Drive improvements in latency TTFB cache hit ratio origin offload and bandwidth cost optimization.
Perform load tests and chaos testing for CDN failover scenarios.
Leadership & Governance
Be the L3 escalation point for CDN/DNS/WAF/security issues.
Guide junior engineers and partner teams on best practices.
Own change governance for CDN DNS and security policies across environments.
Key Decisions / Dimensions
Approve CDN cache/waf rule changes routing policies DNS steering logic.
Decide on emergency CDN failover or WAF lockdown actions during attacks.
Recommend performance optimizations and security enhancements.
Determine routing strategies for multi cloud and multi edge traffic.
Major Challenges
Maintaining consistent behavior across multiple CDNs DNS providers and WAF engines.
Balancing performance vs. security across global user bases.
Managing rapid application changes with tight SLAs and zero-downtime deployments.
Protecting APIs and web workloads from evolving bot/DDoS attacks.
Ensuring fault-tolerant traffic management across CDN DNS LB origin.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Bachelors/Masters degree in IT/CS/Telecom or relevant field.
b) Work Experience & Certifications
Must Have
58 years in CDN DNS WAF and edge security operations.
Solid experience with Akamai (Ion Kona GTM) and Cloudflare (WAF LB Workers CDN).
Proven expertise in DNS traffic routing Anycast Multi DNS Multi CDN.
Deep understanding of HTTP/HTTPS TLS caching redirects compression QUIC/HTTP3.
Experience with DNAT reverse proxying load balancing ingress traffic flows.
Hands-on with origin servers (NGINX/Apache/IIS) & header tuning.
Incident management experience in 247 environments.
Good to Have
Certifications: Akamai ACA/ACP Cloudflare Certifications CCNP Security or cloud certs (AZ 104 OCI Foundations).
Automation using Terraform Python Ansible Akamai/Cloudflare APIs.
Exposure to SIEM/SOC bot management and DDoS mitigation tools.
Soft Skills
Analytical problem solving excellent communication ownership mindset and stakeholder management.

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