Platform Engineering Engineer 3

 Platform Engineering Engineer 3 (CDN Platform Engineer) 

Overview

Our client is seeking a Platform Engineering Engineer 3 to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise Content Delivery Network (CDN) platforms supporting large-scale, customer-facing digital applications. This role will drive the evolution of a modern Multi-CDN ecosystem through automation, self-service capabilities, cloud technologies, and platform engineering best practices.

Details

• Location: Dearborn, MI (Hybrid - 1 day/week onsite; remote candidates considered)
• Shift Time: Morning Shift
• Pay Rate: Competitive 

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner and subject matter expert for enterprise CDN technologies.
• Lead the transformation from a vendor-managed environment to a modern Multi-CDN platform.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain CDN solutions across Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, and Google Cloud CDN.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Ansible.
• Build self-service developer capabilities through internal developer portals and API integrations.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Tekton.
• Perform root cause analysis for high-priority production incidents and implement automated remediation.
• Build observability and monitoring solutions using Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana.
• Establish and monitor CDN performance metrics, SLOs, and SLAs.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical documentation and training initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience managing enterprise CDN platforms
• Hands-on experience with Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, or Google Cloud CDN
• Strong understanding of:
  • DNS, GTM, and CNAME chaining
  • HTTP/2, HTTP/3
  • TLS/SSL
  • Caching strategies and edge computing
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Strong troubleshooting, automation, and production support experience
• Experience building APIs and self-service automation solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Google Cloud Run, GKE/OpenShift, or Transcoder API
• Adobe Experience Manager (AEM/AEMaaCS)
• Backstage Developer Portal
• React, Python (FastAPI/Flask), or Java
• Apigee API Management
• Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana

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