Akamai Engineer

Description

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Akamai engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be
responsible for all technical aspects pertaining to IHG’s Akamai account, aside from most of the securityrelated tasks (which includes WAF, Bot Manager, access requests and the like). Property Manager,
Cloudlets, DNS, and Certificates are a few of the services in which you will engage daily. Your expertise in
managing Akamai delivery configurations and using the Akamai console, as well as utilizing its associated
components, features, and tools will be crucial in ensuring the smooth operation and optimal
performance of our systems.

Responsibilities

• - Implement and maintain a clean and consistent Akamai environment, ensuring compliance with
• best practices and industry standards.
• - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design Akamai applications
• and solutions that align with business needs.
• - Deploy and manage Akamai delivery configurations, including creation, design, maintenance,
• and activation.
• - Respond to issues that may arise with the health, performance, and availability of Akamai
• applications.
• - Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems related to Akamai applications and
• components, ensuring minimal impact on end users.
• - Provide technical guidance and support to end users, assisting with Akamai-CDN related
• inquiries and issues.
• - Collaborate with the IT team to develop and maintain documentation, including system
• configurations, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• - Stay up to date with the latest advancements in Akamai technologies, evaluating their potential
• impact and recommending improvements.
• - Specific responsibilities may include:
• Analysis of existing Edge Redirector cloudlet policies and Property Manager
• configurations that reference them to implement new redirect rules or make changes to
• existing ones.
• Ability to debug a problem, find the root cause, and then implement a consistent and
• quality solution via Property Manager behaviors.
• Requirements:
• - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent
• experience)