Content Delivery Network (CDN) Engineer

Systems Technology Group, Inc. (STG); Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Technology Group, Inc. (STG) is seeking a Content Delivery Network (CDN) Engineer to design, implement and optimize enterprise CDN platforms across Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, and Google Cloud CDN from our Dearborn office.

You will build IaC with Terraform and Ansible, develop self-service tooling in a modern developer portal (Backstage), and run CI/CD pipelines using Tekton and GitHub Actions, ensuring secure, observable delivery of global workloads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise CDN experience (Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly or Google Cloud CDN).
• Deep understanding of DNS, GTM, CNAME chaining, HTTP/2/3, TLS/SSL, caching headers, and edge computing.
• CDN Platform Engineer responsible for design, implementation, optimization and reliability of CDN platforms for large-scale apps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, optimize and operate enterprise CDN platforms.
• Configure landing zones and properties across multiple CDNs.
• Develop IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and self-service tooling for CDN provisioning.

Skills

Multi-CDN Strategy

IaC

Self-Service Portal

CI/CD Pipelines

Observability & Telemetry

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Backstage

React

Python

Java

GitHub Actions

Tekton

Apigee

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Title: Content Delivery Network (CDN) Engineer

Description: STG is a fast-growing Digital Transformation services company providing Fortune 500 companies with Digital Transformation, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud Integration services in both information technology and engineering product lines. STG has a 98% repeat business rate from existing clients and have achieved industry awards and recognition for our services.

Skills Required:

• Multi-CDN Strategy & Implementation: Directly configure, deploy, and maintain landing zones and properties across Akamai, Cloudflare, Google Media CDN, GCP Cloud CDN, and Fastly, matching application workloads to fit-for-purpose CDN tiers.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop modular, production-grade Terraform configurations and Ansible playbooks to automate CDN provisioning, origin mappings, WAF rules, and Bot Management policies, eliminating manual vendor UI updates.
• Self-Service Tooling & Portal Integration: Build API-driven self-service capabilities and custom plugins for an internal developer portal (built on Backstage). Write front-end web components in React and backend APIs in Python (FastAPI/Flask) or Java to allow application teams to self-provision CDN properties and cache purges.
• CI/CD Pipelines & API Security: Build and maintain declarative GitOps deployment pipelines using Tekton (Pipeline-as-Code) and GitHub Actions. Publish management APIs via Apigee, ensuring compliance with OpenAPI standards and 42Crunch security scans.
• Observability & Telemetry: Build telemetry pipelines and centralized dashboards using Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana to provide real-time visibility into global traffic, security events, and "Offload" efficiency.

Experience Required:

• Content Delivery Network (CDN) Expertise: 5+ years of experience managing enterprise CDN platforms (Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, or Google Cloud CDN).
• Deep understanding of DNS, GTM, CNAME chaining, HTTP/2 & HTTP/3, TLS/SSL, Caching Headers, and Edge Computing.
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) Platform Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, and operational reliability of enterprise CDN platforms supporting large-scale, customer-facing digital applications.

Experience Preferred:

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (specifically GCP Cloud Run, GCP Transcoder API, GCP OpenShift/GKE clusters).
• CMS/AEM Integration: Experience configuring CDN layers in front of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM / AEMaaCS).

Content Delivery Network (CDN) Engineer position is based at our corporate office located in Dearborn, Michigan. A great opportunity to experience the corporate environment leading personal career growth.