Tech Lead - Cloud Content Delivery (CDN Migration)

Tech Lead - Cloud Content Delivery (CDN Migration)

Level: L4 / Tech Lead

Location: Hyderabad (or as applicable)

Function: Cloud Advisory / Managed Services - Content Delivery Edge Infrastructure

Role Summary

We are looking for a Tech Lead - Systems Engineering to own and drive the migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront. Beyond hands-on architecture and delivery, this role carries technical leadership of the migration workstream - setting technical direction, reviewing designs, mentoring engineers, and acting as the primary technical point of contact for stakeholders through planning, execution, and cutover.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

• Lead end-to-end migration of content delivery workloads from Akamai to Amazon CloudFront - origin configurations, cache behaviors, and edge locations
• Architect and deploy CloudFront distributions with appropriate cache policies, origin request policies, and response header configurations
• Design and implement AWS WAF rules, web ACLs, and managed rule groups to secure migrated workloads
• Own the design and quality of Terraform modules for CloudFront, WAF, and supporting AWS resources, establishing reusable patterns for the team
• Drive cache validation, latency testing, and traffic cutover verification across all migration phases
• Define and enforce standards for runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational handover documentation

Technical Leadership

• Set the technical approach and migration strategy in collaboration with architecture and delivery leadership
• Review peer designs, Terraform code, and cutover plans; ensure adherence to security, performance, and IaC best practices
• Mentor and upskill junior and mid-level engineers on CDN architecture, WAF configuration, and IaC practices
• Act as primary technical escalation point during cutover windows, coordinating with cross-functional teams (network, security, application owners)
• Communicate technical status, risks, and trade-offs to internal stakeholders and, where required, client stakeholders

Requirements

Experience

• 5-12 years of professional experience as a Systems Engineer, with demonstrated technical leadership on at least one significant infrastructure migration or modernization initiative

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in Amazon CloudFront - distribution configuration, cache behaviors, and origin setup
• Proficiency in AWS WAF - web ACLs, managed rules, and custom rule authoring
• Working familiarity with Akamai CDN, sufficient for accurate migration mapping (origin, caching, and security control equivalence)
• Strong Terraform skills for Infrastructure as Code across AWS resources; able to define reusable, production-grade modules
• Proficient in Java and Python for scripting, automation, and tooling
• Comfortable owning technical decisions independently and defending them in design reviews

Leadership Communication

• Prior experience guiding or mentoring engineers, or informally leading technical workstreams
• Upper-Intermediate (B2) or higher proficiency in English, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both engineering and business stakeholders

Good to Have

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect - Associate/Professional, or Advanced Networking Specialty)
• Experience with observability tooling for CDN performance (CloudWatch, Real User Monitoring)
• Exposure to client-facing delivery in a consulting/systems integrator environment

Required Skills

CDN Akamai CloudFront

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