Platform Engineering Engineer 3 (CDN Platform Engineer)
Overview
Our client is seeking a Platform Engineering Engineer 3 to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise Content Delivery Network (CDN) platforms supporting large-scale, customer-facing digital applications. This role will drive the evolution of a modern Multi-CDN ecosystem through automation, self-service capabilities, cloud technologies, and platform engineering best practices.
Details
- Location: Dearborn, MI (Hybrid – 1 day/week onsite; remote candidates considered)
- Shift Time: Morning Shift
- Pay Rate: Competitive
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical owner and subject matter expert for enterprise CDN technologies.
- Lead the transformation from a vendor-managed environment to a modern Multi-CDN platform.
- Configure, deploy, and maintain CDN solutions across Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, and Google Cloud CDN.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Ansible.
- Build self-service developer capabilities through internal developer portals and API integrations.
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Tekton.
- Perform root cause analysis for high-priority production incidents and implement automated remediation.
- Build observability and monitoring solutions using Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana.
- Establish and monitor CDN performance metrics, SLOs, and SLAs.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical documentation and training initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years of experience managing enterprise CDN platforms
- Hands-on experience with Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, or Google Cloud CDN
- Strong understanding of:
- DNS, GTM, and CNAME chaining
- HTTP/2, HTTP/3
- TLS/SSL
- Caching strategies and edge computing
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Strong troubleshooting, automation, and production support experience
- Experience building APIs and self-service automation solutions
Preferred Qualifications
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Google Cloud Run, GKE/OpenShift, or Transcoder API
- Adobe Experience Manager (AEM/AEMaaCS)
- Backstage Developer Portal
- React, Python (FastAPI/Flask), or Java
- Apigee API Management
- Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana
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