Akamai Onboarding Engineer

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Title: Security & Akamai Onboarding Engineer

Location: United States (Remote)

Duration: Fulltime

Application Security & Akamai Onboarding Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

Akamai & Edge Platform Implementation

1. Independently configure and manage Akamai platform services, including CDN onboarding, Property Manager configurations, WAF policies, security controls, and origin protection mechanisms.
2. Execute origin lockdown activities by implementing Akamai-based controls that restrict direct access to backend application infrastructure.
3. Configure, test, and validate Akamai security capabilities, including WAF, Bot Management, API Protection, Edge Security, TLS, and traffic-routing configurations.
4. Support application onboarding to the Akamai Edge platform and drive implementation through production deployment.
5. Troubleshoot Akamai, networking, DNS, TLS, and application connectivity issues during onboarding and cutover events.

Application Security & Risk Reduction

1. Assess publicly exposed origins and implement remediation strategies to reduce internet-facing attack surface.
2. Validate application security posture following onboarding and security control implementation.
3. Assist with deployment and tuning of WAF protections, API security controls, and threat mitigation capabilities.
4. Partner with Application Security teams to ensure onboarding aligns with enterprise security requirements.

Application Migration & Release Coordination

1. Coordinate application releases, cutovers, testing, rollback planning, and production support activities.
2. Engage application owners and technical teams throughout the onboarding lifecycle.
3. Validate application functionality before and after Akamai migration.
4. Support operational readiness activities and post-production stabilization.
5. Track onboarding progress, remediation activities, risk reduction metrics, and implementation status.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

1. Coordinate with Networking, DNS, F5, CDN, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, and Application Security teams.
2. Provide technical guidance to application teams regarding Akamai onboarding patterns and origin protection requirements.

Required Skills

1. Akamai Platform Engineering (Highest Priority)

Candidates must possess strong hands-on Akamai experience and be capable of independently implementing configurations within the Akamai portal.

Required Experience

• Akamai Property Manager
• Akamai CDN onboarding
• Akamai WAF configuration and policy management
• Akamai Edge Security controls
• Origin Lockdown implementation
• Akamai traffic routing and delivery configurations
• TLS/SSL certificate implementation
• Akamai security policy testing and validation
• Akamai change deployment and promotion processes
• Troubleshooting Akamai platform issues

Preferred Experience

• Akamai API Security
• Akamai Bot Manager / Bot Management Premier
• Akamai Edge DNS
• Akamai Application & API Protector (AAP)
• Akamai Terraform Provider
• Akamai APIs
• Akamai migration programs
• Imperva-to-Akamai migration experience

2. Networking & Internet Architecture

Required

• Advanced DNS knowledge
• protocols
• TLS/SSL architecture
• Reverse Proxy architectures
• Origin-to-edge traffic flow design
• Firewall concepts
• Load Balancing
• Network troubleshooting

Preferred

• F5 LTM administration
• Traffic Management
• CDN architectures
• Internet-facing application architecture
• Network security controls

3. Application Security

Required

• Application Security fundamentals
• OWASP Top 10
• API Security
• Secure SDLC practices
• Security testing and validation
• Web application threat modeling
• Authentication and authorization concepts
• Vulnerability remediation processes

Preferred

• WAF tuning and optimization
• Penetration testing support
• Vulnerability Management
• Security Architecture Reviews

4. Cloud & Platform Technologies

Required

• AWS or GCP
• Cloud Networking
• Kubernetes fundamentals
• API Gateway concepts

Preferred

• Container Security
• Cloud Security Controls
• Infrastructure as Code

5. Release & Operations

Required

• Production support
• Release coordination
• Change Management
• Incident Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Operational Readiness
• Rollback Planning

Preferred

• Large-scale application migration programs
• Production cutover management
• Technical project leadership

6. Automation (Preferred)

• Python
• REST APIs
• Terraform
• GitHub
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code

Experience

Required

• 5+ years of hands-on Akamai engineering experience
• Demonstrated experience configuring Akamai services directly within the Akamai portal
• 5+ years of Application Security, Network Security, or Internet-facing Application Engineering
• Experience implementing Origin Lockdown controls
• Experience deploying and managing WAF protections
• Experience onboarding applications onto CDN and edge security platforms
• Experience supporting production releases and cutovers
• Experience troubleshooting DNS, TLS, networking, and application connectivity issues
• Experience coordinating across multiple application and infrastructure teams

Preferred

• Experience leading Akamai onboarding initiatives at enterprise scale
• Experience migrating applications from Imperva, F5, or alternative edge platforms to Akamai
• Experience protecting internet-facing healthcare or regulated-industry applications
• Experience with Akamai Application & API Protector (AAP)
• Experience with large-scale attack-surface reduction programs

Why join Genpact? • Lead AI-first transformation – Build and scale AI solutions that redefine industries • Make an impact – Drive change for global enterprises and solve business challenges that matter • Accelerate your career—Gain hands-on experience, world-class training, mentorship, and AI certifications to advance your skills • Grow with the best – Learn from top engineers, data scientists, and AI experts in a dynamic, fast-moving workplace • Committed to ethical AI – Work in an environment where governance, transparency, and security are at the core of everything we build • Thrive in a values-driven culture – Our courage, curiosity, and incisiveness - built on a foundation of integrity and inclusion - allow your ideas to fuel progress Come join the 140,000+ coders, tech shapers, and growth makers at Genpact and take your career in the only direction that matters: Up. Let’s build tomorrow together.

Best Regards,

Manohar Swamy

Tech Services Hiring Team, Genpact

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