Akamai CDN Architect: Cloud Performance & Security

Accenture México; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture México is seeking an Akamai Architect to lead strategy and technical design for Akamai solutions, improving website performance, security, and user experience. You will collaborate with development, network, security teams and stakeholders to deliver scalable, cost-efficient CDNs and security solutions.

The role requires deep expertise in CDN technologies, web performance, application security, and cloud infrastructure, with hands-on experience in GCP/AWS/Azure and multi-CDN strategies.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Akamai product suite (CDN, WAF, Ion, Image Manager).
• Proven experience architecting low-latency, high-availability CDNs.
• Hands-on knowledge of DNS management, SSL/TLS, and routing protocols.

Responsibilities

• Solution design and architecture leveraging Akamai's tools.
• Analyze requirements and design scalable content delivery and security solutions.
• Architect solutions to reduce latency and improve cache efficiency.
• Collaborate with product managers and technical teams to integrate Akamai.
• Implement performance optimization features and monitor web app performance.
• Design and configure WAFs, DDoS protection, bot management, and security policies.
• Develop routing, failover and load-balancing configurations.
• Lead and mentor teams during deployment and PoC phases; provide documentation.

Skills

English (B+)

Tools

Akamai CDN

Kona Site Defender (WAF)

Ion

Image Manager

Adaptive Media Delivery

DNS management

SSL/TLS

Terraform

Jenkins

AWS

Azure

GCP

CloudFront

Front Door

Elasticsearch/Splunk

Job description

Accenture México is seeking an Akamai Architect to lead strategy and technical design for Akamai solutions, improving website performance, security, and user experience. You will collaborate with development, network, security teams and stakeholders to deliver scalable, cost-efficient CDNs and security solutions.

The role requires deep expertise in CDN technologies, web performance, application security, and cloud infrastructure, with hands-on experience in GCP/AWS/Azure and multi-CDN strategies.