CDN Engineer

Professional Services Consultant - CDN

We are seeking an experienced and highly technical Professional Services Consultant to lead the transition of enterprise CDN, security, and performance services from Akamai to Cloudflare. You will work directly with customers, solutions architects, and engineering teams to design, plan, and implement the migration of caching, WAF, bot mitigation, edge delivery, and DNS services while ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing Akamai configurations (Property Manager, EdgeWorkers, Ion, etc.)
• Map equivalent features to Cloudflare (Rulesets, Workers, Cache policies, etc.)
• Architect and implement Cloudflare configurations: WAF rules, caching, page rules, Workers, and Rate Limiting
• Lead DNS migration to Cloudflare (Zone transfers, DNSSEC, TTL optimization)
• Migrate origin shields, SSL/TLS certs, custom rules, and performance optimizations
• Implement and validate security features: Bot protection, WAF rules, and DDoS mitigation
• Set up performance monitoring, real-user monitoring (RUM), and synthetic testing post-migration
• Conduct performance benchmarks and A/B tests to ensure migration success
• Provide technical training to customer teams on using Cloudflare dashboards, analytics, and APIs
• Collaborate with internal teams to escalate and resolve technical issues
• Document architecture, migration process, and support handover\

Technical Skills:

CDN Platforms

Deep knowledge of Akamai (Property Manager, EdgeWorkers, Ion) and Cloudflare (Rulesets, Workers, Cache, Polish, Argo)

Protocols

HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 (QUIC), TLS/SSL, DNS, TCP/IP

Caching

CDN cache control headers, edge caching, cache invalidation, tiered caching

Security

WAF rule configuration, Bot protection, Rate Limiting, IP reputation handling

DNS

Experience with DNS management, DNSSEC, CNAME setup, TTL strategies

Scripting / Edge Compute

Akamai EdgeWorkers, Cloudflare Workers (JavaScript / TypeScript)

DevOps / Automation

Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring & Analytics

Real User Monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring (Pingdom, Catchpoint), Grafana, Cloudflare analytics

Certificates

SSL/TLS certificate migration, Let's Encrypt, Cloudflare SSL modes

Soft Skills:

• Strong client-facing communication and technical consulting ability
• Excellent documentation and project management skills
• Ability to troubleshoot under pressure
• Collaborative team player with cross-functional coordination ability
• Comfortable handling enterprise-level migrations with phased cutovers

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
• Overall 7+ years with 5+ years in CDN, web performance, or network security roles
• Previous experience migrating or working with both Akamai and Cloudflare
• Certifications (preferred):
• Cloudflare Certified Developer or Architect
• Akamai ACA (Akamai Certified Architect)
• Network+, Security+ or equivalent

Good to have Skills:

• Experience with multi-CDN strategies
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures
• Knowledge of performance optimization for mobile and global users
• Experience integrating CDNs with CI/CD workflows
• NGINX, Varnish, HAProxy
• API integrations with Terraform, Cloudflare API v4
• Log forwarding and SIEM tools (Splunk, ELK)