Platform Engineering Engineer
Fast Switch
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Job summary
FastTek Global is seeking a Platform Engineering Engineer to own global CDN architecture, lead multi-CDN implementation, and drive automation through IaC, API tooling, and self-service portals.
You will mentor teams, define SLOs/SLAs, and partner with security, network, and applications to deliver reliable, scalable content delivery.
Qualifications
- 5+ years in enterprise CDN platforms (Akamai/Cloudflare/Fastly/GCD).
- Strong knowledge of DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP/2/3, caching headers, and edge computing.
Responsibilities
- Own CDN tech direction and CoE initiatives for multi-CDN architecture.
- Lead complex migrations and implement self-service provisioning for CDN properties.
- Develop automated remediation and proactive incident avoidance scripts.
- Define and track CDN-specific SLOs/SLAs with monitoring.
- Mentor engineers and create playbooks, docs, and training materials.
- Evaluate and implement emerging CDN technologies and performance optimizations.
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Job description
- Serve as the technical owner and subject matter expert for CDN technologies, partnering with applications, network, and security teams to implement scalable solutions, build self-service capabilities within an internal developer portal, execute complex global migrations and enforce enterprise standards.
- Lead the technical transformation of global content delivery strategy and the newly formed Content Delivery Network (CDN) Center of Excellence (CoE), shifting from a vendor-managed legacy model to a modern, automated, Multi-CDN ecosystem.
- Lead technical root-cause analysis (RCA) for high-priority production incidents, participate in on-call rotations, and build automated remediation scripts to prevent repeat issues.
- Maintain high system reliability through proactive monitoring and incident prevention. Establish and track CDN-specific SLOs/SLAs and implement alerting and proactive remediation.
- Evaluate emerging CDN technologies, tools, and performance optimization techniques.
- Serve as an active mentor and trainer to upskill internal systems and automation engineers. Develop internal documentation, playbooks, and training materials to elevate team capabilities
- 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.
- SaaS
- Content Management
- Engineer 3 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.
- 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).
- Bachelor's Degree
- 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.
- This role drives the delivery of secure and highly available content by managing CDN configurations, caching strategies, traffic routing, and edge security controls across distributed environments
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People andOur Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative andhonest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
- Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
- Vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
- Long Term Disability (100% paid)
- Life Insurance (100% paid)401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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