Tech Lead – Cloud Content Delivery (CDN Migration)

Minfy; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Minfy seeks a Tech Lead – Cloud Content Delivery (CDN Migration) in Hyderabad to own the migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront. You will lead the migration workstream, review designs, and mentor engineers through planning, execution, and cutover, ensuring security and performance standards are met.

You will own the design of CloudFront, WAF configurations, and Terraform modules while coordinating with network, security, and application owners across multiple

Qualifications

• 5–12 years of professional experience as a Systems Engineer or equivalent.
• Proven leadership in a major infrastructure migration or modernization.
• Strong expertise in CDN architectures and AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to CloudFront.
• Architect and deploy CloudFront distributions with cache policies and origins.
• Develop Terraform modules for CloudFront, WAF, and AWS resources.
• Mentor engineers and serve as the technical escalation point during cutover.

Skills

Amazon CloudFront

AWS WAF

Terraform

Java

Python

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFront Console

AWS WAF

Job description

Job Description: Tech Lead – Cloud Content Delivery (CDN Migration)

Level: L4 / Tech Lead

Location: Hyderabad (or as applicable)

Function: Cloud Advisory / Managed Services – Content Delivery & Edge Infrastructure

Role Summary

We are looking for a Tech Lead – Systems Engineering to own and drive the migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront. Beyond hands‑on architecture and delivery, this role carries technical leadership of the migration workstream — setting technical direction, reviewing designs, mentoring engineers, and acting as the primary technical point of contact for stakeholders through planning, execution, and cutover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront — origin configurations, cache behaviors, and edge locations
• Architect and deploy CloudFront distributions with appropriate cache policies, origin request policies, and response header configurations
• Design and implement AWS WAF rules, web ACLs, and managed rule groups to secure migrated workloads
• Own the design and quality of Terraform modules for CloudFront, WAF, and supporting AWS resources, establishing reusable patterns for the team
• Drive cache validation, latency testing, and traffic cutover verification across all migration phases
• Define and enforce standards for runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational handover documentation

Technical Leadership

• Set the technical approach and migration strategy in collaboration with architecture and delivery leadership
• Review peer designs, Terraform code, and cutover plans; ensure adherence to security, performance, and IaC best practices
• Mentor and upskill junior and mid‑level engineers on CDN architecture, WAF configuration, and IaC practices
• Act as primary technical escalation point during cutover windows, coordinating with cross‑functional teams (network, security, application owners)
• Communicate technical status, risks, and trade‑offs to internal stakeholders and, where required, client stakeholders

Requirements

Experience

• 5–12 years of professional experience as a Systems Engineer, with demonstrated technical leadership on at least one significant infrastructure migration or modernization initiative

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in Amazon CloudFront — distribution configuration, cache behaviors, and origin setup
• Proficiency in AWS WAF — web ACLs, managed rules, and custom rule authoring
• Working familiarity with Akamai CDN, sufficient for accurate migration mapping (origin, caching, and security control equivalence)
• Strong Terraform skills for Infrastructure as Code across AWS resources; able to define reusable, production‑grade modules
• Proficient in Java and Python for scripting, automation, and tooling
• Comfortable owning technical decisions independently and defending them in design reviews

Leadership & Communication

• Prior experience guiding or mentoring engineers, or informally leading technical workstreams
• Upper‑Intermediate (B2) or higher proficiency in English, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both engineering and business stakeholders

Good to Have

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional, or Advanced Networking Specialty)
• Experience with observability tooling for CDN performance (CloudWatch, Real User Monitoring)
• Exposure to client‑facing delivery in a consulting/systems integrator environment