Senior Akamai Engineer: Edge CDN & Security Lead

NTT DATA Services

Plano (TX)

On-site

USD 118,000 - 157,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with company match
Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. seeks a Senior Akamai Engineer in Plano, TX to design, implement, operate and optimize enterprise Akamai solutions for internet-facing applications.

You will work with security, network, cloud and DevOps teams to onboard applications, implement controls and improve performance and security. The role requires hands‑on experience with Akamai CDN, WAF, DNS, DDoS protection, bot management, API security, traffic management and edge security technologies, plus strong knowledge of

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in CDN, network engineering or related tech.
  • Hands-on Akamai experience with CDN, WAF and edge security.
  • Strong knowledge of DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS and API security.

Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, implement and support enterprise Akamai solutions.
  • Manage Akamai CDN configurations, caching and origin connectivity.
  • Configure properties using Property Manager.
  • Onboard applications to Akamai and optimize security controls.
  • Lead technical reviews and mentor engineers.
  • Coordinate with security and DevOps teams on incidents.

Skills

CDN engineering
Edge security
Network engineering
Web security policies
Automation

Tools

Akamai CDN
Property Manager
Akamai App & API Protector / WAF
Akamai APIs & CLI tools
DNS / HTTP(S) / TLS
Git

Job description

NTT DATA, Inc. seeks a Senior Akamai Engineer in Plano, TX to design, implement, operate and optimize enterprise Akamai solutions for internet-facing applications.

You will work with security, network, cloud and DevOps teams to onboard applications, implement controls and improve performance and security. The role requires hands‑on experience with Akamai CDN, WAF, DNS, DDoS protection, bot management, API security, traffic management and edge security technologies, plus strong knowledge of

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