Akamai Engineer

ZipStaff Inc.; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Referral Program

Job summary

ZipStaff Inc. is seeking an Akamai Engineer to support large-scale onboarding at a major pharmacy and healthcare organization.

This role focuses on configuring Property Manager, onboarding applications to the CDN and edge, and validating production deployments under senior engineers. Work is remote within the United States, and the candidate must have 3–5 years of hands-on Akamai experience, with direct portal configuration and DNS/TLS knowledge.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years hands-on Akamai experience.
• Direct configuration in the Akamai portal, including Property Manager.
• Onboarding applications to Akamai CDN and edge services.
• Production deployment support and troubleshooting on Akamai.
• Collaboration with application teams during onboarding and validation.
• Understanding of DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, CDN, and TLS/SSL concepts.

Responsibilities

• Onboard applications in the Akamai portal under established standards.
• Configure and maintain Property Manager configurations.
• Assist with Akamai WAF and edge security controls.
• Implement origin lockdown and origin-protection configurations.
• Test, validate, and deploy Akamai configurations to production.
• Troubleshoot Akamai, DNS, TLS, and connectivity issues during onboarding.
• Support releases, cutovers, and post-deployment stabilization.
• Document procedures and configurations.

Skills

Akamai

Property Manager

Application Onboarding

Production Deployment

TLS/SSL

Job description

Job Title: Akamai Engineer.

Location: Remote (U.S.)

Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099).

About the Opportunity

ZipStaff is seeking an Akamai Engineer to support large-scale application onboarding at a major pharmacy and healthcare organization. You will configure Property Manager, onboard applications to the CDN and edge, assist with WAF and origin lockdown, and validate production deployments under senior engineers. This is an implementation seat — not the primary architect and not a monitoring-only role.

What You’ll Do:

• Onboard applications in the Akamai portal under established standards.
• Configure and maintain Property Manager configurations.
• Assist with Akamai WAF and edge security controls.
• Implement approved origin-lockdown and origin-protection configurations.
• Test, validate, and deploy Akamai configurations to production.
• Troubleshoot Akamai, DNS, TLS, and connectivity issues during onboarding.
• Support releases, cutovers, and post-deployment stabilization.
• Document procedures and configurations.

Required Qualifications:

• 3–5 years hands-on Akamai experience.
• Direct configuration in the Akamai portal, including Property Manager.
• Application onboarding to Akamai CDN and edge services.
• Production deployment support and troubleshooting on Akamai.
• Working with application teams during onboarding and validation.
• Fundamentals of web delivery, WAF, edge security, origin lockdown, and TLS/SSL certificate management.
• DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, CDN, and reverse-proxy concepts.
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card only. No sponsorship.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Akamai Application & API Protector (AAP), Bot Manager, or Edge DNS.
• Imperva-to-Akamai migration.
• Large-scale onboarding or migration programs.
• Python, REST APIs, GitHub, or Terraform awareness.
• AWS or GCP exposure.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• 401(k).
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off.
• Referral Program.

About ZipStaff.

ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients.