Remote Lead CDN & Caching Platform Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Town of Texas (WI)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 182,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Lead Content Distribution Network Engineer to join the Media Distribution Technology team. You will specialize in caching technology, distributed networking, and operate CDN edge services across Disney's distribution mesh.

Join a global engineering organization building scalable media platforms. The role emphasizes operational excellence, tooling development, and mentoring across CDN deployments and performance optimizations.

Qualifications

Minimum of 7 years of experience managing caching solutions.
Understanding of streaming video protocols (HLS) and how it interacts with caching.
Ability to perform Network Troubleshooting.
Effective communication, written and verbal.
Passion for troubleshooting and debugging.
Experience in a Content Distribution Network environment.
Knowledge of video players and impact on cache logic.
Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

Configure and manage CDN configurations in the Disney Distribution Mesh.
Actively manage OpenCache deployments with ISPs globally.
Review performance metrics across our caching infrastructure for improvements.
Review capacity and ensure alignment with global distribution strategy.
Oversee Day-to-Day operations of Disney Distribution Mesh.
Participate in tooling development to integrate 3rd party CDNs into unified control plane.
Operational Management Contact for CDN support – actively managing incidents.