Akamai Edge Platform Engineer Lead

ig; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IG is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own IG's edge delivery estate, focusing on moving Akamai configuration from manual controls to a Terraform-first workflow. You will build reusable modules and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve automation and reliability.

The role spans cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and self-service capabilities, with emphasis on performance, security, and resilience of IG's global trading platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in CDN delivery and edge architecture.
• Experience with Akamai technologies and edge configurations.
• Strong scripting and automation experience (Python/Bash).

Responsibilities

• Automate the edge estate and enable self-service across IG's platform.
• Lead migration of Akamai config to a Terraform-first workflow with reusable modules.
• Build self-service paths for routine edge changes with policy checks and testing.
• Integrate edge changes with GitLab CI/CD and change control processes.
• Develop tooling around Akamai APIs to reduce manual operations and drift.
• Own design and operational health of IG's Akamai estate across staging and production.
• Configure routing, origin behavior, and caching strategies for multi-origin delivery.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates and inventory of edge properties and codes.
• Diagnose delivery and performance incidents across DNS, edge, and origin layers.

Skills

Akamai expertise

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Python

Bash

Edge DNS & traffic management

Cloud AWS

Security controls

Tools

Akamai API

Venafi

Job description

IG is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own IG's edge delivery estate, focusing on moving Akamai configuration from manual controls to a Terraform-first workflow. You will build reusable modules and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve automation and reliability.

The role spans cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and self-service capabilities, with emphasis on performance, security, and resilience of IG's global trading platform.