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We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront. In this role, you will design and implement scalable CDN solutions, configure security controls, and ensure seamless traffic cutovers while maintaining high performance and reliability across the migrated infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Execute migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront, including origin configurations, cache behaviors, and edge locations
- Design and implement CloudFront distributions with appropriate cache policies, origin request policies, and response headers
- Configure AWS WAF rules, web ACLs, and managed rule groups to protect migrated workloads
- Develop and maintain Terraform modules for CloudFront, WAF, and supporting AWS resources
- Perform cache validation, latency testing, and traffic cutover verification during migration phases
- Produce runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational handover documentation
Requirements
- 5-12 years of professional experience as a Systems Engineer
- Expertise in Amazon CloudFront, including distribution configuration, cache behaviors, and origins
- Proficiency in AWS WAF, including web ACLs, managed rules, and custom rules
- Familiarity with Akamai CDN for migration mapping purposes
- Skills in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code on AWS resources
- Background in Java and Python for scripting and automation
- Proficiency in English at an Upper-Intermediate level (B2) or higher