CDN Edge Infrastructure Engineer R1012514

Dallas, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Industry Group: Comm Media & Technology.

Job Title : CDN Edge Infrastructure Engineer - R1012514

Location : Dallas TX (must be local to Dallas - onsite 5 days a week)
Duration : 12 Months Contract (Potential for extension)

Pay Rate : $55

Custom Skill Requirements:

CDN & Edge Infrastructure Engineer.
5 years of experience in CDN engineering edge networking or cloud migration roles.
AWS CloudFront WAF
Cloudflare CDN WAF Workers Zero Trust Access.
Terraform / Terragrunt for IaC (Cloudflare and AWS providers).
CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions Jenkins or GitLab CI).
Solid understanding of DNS architecture SSL/TLS caching strategies and edge routing.
Experience in IaC-driven automation testing and deployment at scale.
Bachelors degree in computer science IT or related field.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced CDN & Edge Infrastructure Engineer to lead the migration and refactoring of CDN and edge infrastructure from AWS (CloudFront WAF ) to Cloudflare CDN WAF and Edge Functions using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles.

You will architect implement and optimize global content delivery and edge security infrastructure that supports Smart TV and Mobile Cloud backends ensuring high availability security and performance across multiple regions.

This role demands deep knowledge of IaC refactoring CDN performance engineering and DNS orchestration using Cloudflares developer ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

CDN & Edge Migration

Lead the refactoring of AWS CloudFront-based IaC (Terraform CloudFormation) into Cloudflare IaC modules using Terraform or Wrangler.
Migrate and optimize AWS CloudFront distributions to Cloudflare CDN with equivalent or improved caching compression and SSL/TLS configurations.
Recreate and enhance AWS WAF rules in Cloudflare WAF ensuring parity for rate limits geo-blocking and custom rule groups via Terraform.
Translate and deploy AWS functions into Cloudflare Workers / Edge Functions ensuring functional equivalence and latency improvements.
Validate edge routing caching and security behavior post-migration using synthetic and load testing tools.

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) & Automation

Maintain all configurations in Git-based IaC repositories with full CI/CD automation for deployments.
Develop reusable Terraform modules for Cloudflare CDN WAF & DNS zones.
Implement environment-based configuration (Dev Stage Prod) with variable management tagging and policy enforcement.
Integrate IaC validation linting and compliance checks (e.g. Sentinel or OPA) into pipelines.

DNS & Traffic Management

Establish and manage DNS Hosted Zones in Cloudflare including domain delegation CNAME/ALIAS flattening and traffic routing policies.
Implement Geo-DNS and failover routing for critical Smart TV and mobile backend endpoints.
Automate DNS record management and zone imports using Cloudflare Terraform Provider.
Migrate existing Route53 records and health checks into Cloudflare equivalents with rollback safety.

Performance Security & Observability

Tune CDN caching policies (cache keys TTLs origin shielding) to optimize global performance.
Integrate Cloudflare WAF Bot Management and Page Rules to ensure secure delivery of APIs and content endpoints.
Configure Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Cloudflare Analytics dashboards for performance visibility.
Implement Zero Trust principles (Access Gateway and DLP) for edge security enforcement.

Collaboration & Delivery

Collaborate with DevOps backend and application teams to align CDN behavior with app logic and API routing.
Document migration processes edge routing flows and IaC module usage.
Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for operational and support teams post-migration.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with Wrangler CLI Cloudflare Pages/Workers KV or Durable Objects.
Familiarity with Smart TV and OTT content delivery media streaming (HLS/DASH) and low-latency edge delivery.
Understanding multi-CDN architectures and global failover routing.

Certifications:

Terraform Associate (HashiCorp Certified).
Cloudflare Certified Performance & Security Specialist.
AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer.

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