Senior Software Engineer (Akamai Platform, WAF & CDN)

5401 Digital Media Innovations, LLC; Woburn (MA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits eligible

Flexible work options

Job summary

Equiniti is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead our Web Reliability Team in Woburn, MA, focusing on Akamai CDN/WAF management, traffic analysis, bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and optimization. You will partner with engineering, security, and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable edge services.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, automation via Terraform, API integrations, and proactive reliability improvements for internet-facing applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
• 5+ years of CDN, web infrastructure, SRE, or web security experience.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS, and caching.
• Hands-on with CDN, WAF, DDoS and web security technologies.
• Experience with Terraform and API-driven automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise-scale Akamai CDN, WAF, DNS, Edge Security, and TLS/Certificate Management solutions.
• Serve as the primary technical expert for Akamai platform administration, including onboarding applications, policy management, traffic optimization, security configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Akamai WAF policies, bot protection, rate controls, custom rules, and edge security controls.
• Manage large-scale CDN delivery configurations, caching strategies, traffic routing, performance optimization, and high-availability architectures.
• Administer and automate certificate lifecycle management, including provisioning, rotation, validation, renewals, and compliance requirements.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform to automate Akamai configurations and infrastructure deployments.
• Build integrations and automation using Akamai APIs and other platform APIs to reduce manual operational activities.
• Design and implement self-service capabilities that enable development teams to provision and manage edge platform resources securely and efficiently.
• Develop custom tooling, services, and automation frameworks using modern programming languages.
• Establish and maintain SRE practices including observability, monitoring, alerting, incident management, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement best practices for application protection, vulnerability mitigation, and edge security governance.
• Perform performance analysis, capacity planning, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements for internet-facing applications.
• Participate in operational support, incident response, post-incident reviews, and reliability engineering initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for application onboarding, architecture reviews, and platform modernization efforts.

Skills

SRE practices

Terraform scripting

Akamai platform administration

APIs integration

Observability and Monitoring

Edge security governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

Tools

Akamai

TLS/Certificate Management

Git

Job description

Summary

Notified is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Web Reliability Team and serve as a technical leader for our Akamai ecosystem. This is a senior, hands-on role focused on CDN/WAF management, web traffic analysis, bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and traffic optimization. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of web traffic and security concepts. You will partner with application, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available edge services that improve application performance and strengthen organizational resiliency.

Location

This role will be based in our Woburn, MA office, located at 130 New Boston Street. This role offers in person collaboration and flexibility to work from home.

What Part You Will Play in Our Growth

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise-scale Akamai CDN, WAF, DNS, Edge Security, and TLS/Certificate Management solutions.
• Serve as the primary technical expert for Akamai platform administration, including onboarding applications, policy management, traffic optimization, security configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Akamai WAF policies, bot protection, rate controls, custom rules, and edge security controls.
• Manage large-scale CDN delivery configurations, caching strategies, traffic routing, performance optimization, and high-availability architectures.
• Administer and automate certificate lifecycle management, including provisioning, rotation, validation, renewals, and compliance requirements.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform to automate Akamai configurations and infrastructure deployments.
• Build integrations and automation using Akamai APIs and other platform APIs to reduce manual operational activities.
• Design and implement self-service capabilities that enable development teams to provision and manage edge platform resources securely and efficiently.
• Develop custom tooling, services, and automation frameworks using modern programming languages.
• Establish and maintain SRE practices including observability, monitoring, alerting, incident management, service-level objectives (SLOs), and error budgets.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement best practices for application protection, vulnerability mitigation, and edge security governance.
• Perform performance analysis, capacity planning, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements for internet-facing applications.
• Participate in operational support, incident response, post-incident reviews, and reliability engineering initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for application onboarding, architecture reviews, and platform modernization efforts.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field required.
• Experience 5+ years of relevant experience in CDN, web infrastructure, SRE, network/security engineering, or web security.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS, TCP/IP, caching, CDN architecture, and reverse proxies.
• Hands-on experience with CDN, WAF, DDoS protection, and web security technologies.
• Experience identifying and mitigating malicious bots, scrapers, scanners, abusive traffic, and DDoS attacks.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in large-scale production environments.
• Experience automating infrastructure and platform management using Terraform and APIs.
• Strong scripting and software development skills using one or more languages.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for complex distributed systems.
• Experience working with Git-based source control and modern software development practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across engineering, security, and application teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Akamai certifications and advanced experience managing enterprise-scale Akamai deployments.
• Experience with Akamai Application & API Protector, Bot Manager, EdgeWorkers, Edge DNS, Global Traffic Management (GTM), and API Security.
• Experience managing thousands of properties, domains, certificates, or WAF policies across multiple business units.
• Expertise in certificate automation and large-scale TLS management.
• Experience building developer self-service portals and automation platforms.
• Experience implementing SLOs, SLIs, reliability metrics, and operational excellence programs.
• Knowledge of networking concepts including DNS, HTTP/S, TLS, load balancing, caching, and content delivery architectures.

What Success Looks Like

• Highly automated Akamai platform operations with minimal manual intervention.
• Secure, reliable, and scalable edge infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.
• Self-service capabilities that accelerate application onboarding and deployment.
• Improved platform availability, performance, and security posture.
• Reduced operational toil through automation, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong partnership across development, infrastructure, and security teams.

Compensation

Our salary range for this role is $115,000 - $130,000 and is commensurate with experience, skills and location. This is a benefits eligible position.

Why You Will Love Working Here

EQ is recognized as a Top Employer in US, UK and India! Together we offer more than a job, we offer a place to grow. Through hands-on experience, real-world projects, and access to industry-leading tools, you’ll have what you need to build a meaningful career. You’ll join a diverse, global team united by innovation, collaboration, and a shared passion for what we do. With flexible work options, competitive pay, wellness benefits, and a people-first culture we support your success - both at work and beyond.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, marital status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre- employment screening checks.

Equiniti is a global fintech that connects the future of capital, communications, and governance, building trust and confidence in every market we serve. With more than 5,000 employees supporting over 20 million shareholders and 15,000 organizations worldwide, our mission is to digitize and modernize every aspect of shareholder interaction. Equiniti is uniquely positioned as the only global technology partner serving both investor relations and public relations professionals, creating a powerful platform at the intersection of reputation, disclosure, and engagement.