DDI Architect

Interview Process: 3 Rounds (One of the rounds will be F2F)

Core Responsibilities

In addition to the standard responsibilities:

1. Defines enterprise DNS and DDI architectures, including authoritative, recursive, and hybrid DNS models, leveraging BlueCat Address Manager and DNS Integrity platforms.
2. Provides architectural leadership for global traffic management (GTM) solutions, including Akamai GTM, and their integration with enterprise DNS platforms.
3. Establishes standards for DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) resiliency, availability, scalability, and performance to support critical enterprise and customer facing applications.
4. Designs and governs BlueCat based DNS architectures, including DNS views, zone design, delegation models, DHCP scopes, IPAM workflows, and role based access controls.
5. Ensures DNS, DDI, and traffic management architectures support disaster recovery, geo redundancy, application failover, and automation driven recovery scenarios.
6. Defines patterns for secure DNS architectures, including DNS security controls, segmentation, and integration with enterprise security and zero trust initiatives.
7. Leads the integration of BlueCat DDI platforms with automation and orchestration tools, enabling API driven DNS/IP lifecycle management and infrastructure as code workflows.
8. Partners with network, application, cloud, and security teams to ensure DNS and DDI designs align with enterprise reliability, security, compliance, and operational governance objectives.

Qualifications and Skills

• Deep understanding of DNS architecture, DDI services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), and enterprise DNS operations.
• Architectural experience designing and governing BlueCat DNS / DDI platforms, including Address Manager, DNS Integrity, and enterprise scale deployments.
• Experience designing and governing global traffic management solutions, including Akamai GTM, and their interaction with enterprise DNS ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of DNS automation, API driven provisioning, and lifecycle management in large scale environments.
• Deep understanding of how DNS, DDI, and GTM integrate with application, network, cloud, and security architectures.