Edge Platform Engineer - Akamai - Assistant Team Leader
Limassol / Nicosia / Athens
Engineering – Infrastructure /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Edge Platform Engineer - Akamai - Assistant Team Leader
The Role:
We’re looking for an Edge Platform Engineer – Akamai – Assistant Team Leader to support the growth and technical excellence of our infrastructure delivery team. In this role, you’ll combine hands-on platform engineering with leadership responsibilities, ensuring the design, optimization, and absolute reliability of our end-to-end application delivery ecosystem.
You’ll actively drive technical mentorship, champion advanced automation and testing practices, and integrate AI-assisted tools to push the boundaries of platform performance. This is an exciting opportunity to lead technically complex edge projects, foster a culture of engineering reliability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a seamless, high-performance digital experience.
The main responsibilities of the position include:
- Define department KPIs and personal targets in alignment with corporate goals, providing coaching, feedback, and mentorship to drive team performance and motivation.
- Design and optimize Akamai Ion properties, GTM, and Edge DNS strategies to ensure high availability, intelligent load distribution, and efficient traffic flow.
- Lead delivery optimizations by analyzing Cache Hit Ratios, latency, and offload metrics to maximize efficiency and minimize origin egress costs.
- Architect multi-origin failover patterns, origin shielding, and complex request flow customizations to ensure platform stability and deep-level troubleshooting.
- Manage the full certificate lifecycle and TLS protocols, ensuring edge configurations meet industry standards and support InfoSec policies (WAF/Bot Manager) without performance degradation.
- Drive the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), define engineering best practices, and implement standardized testing and validation for all edge configurations.
- Implement monitoring tools (mPulse, DataStream 2) to track SLIs/SLOs and provide senior management with visibility into CDN health and real-user experience.
- Partner with developers to onboard new services and serve as the lead technical contact for Akamai vendor escalations and feature reviews.
- Participate in 24/7 on-call support and lead incident response and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement and intelligent self-service models.
- Identify and implement AI-assisted tools for configuration analysis and operational insights to enhance team capabilities.
- Offer technical expertise and project support to all Group companies as directed by leadership.
Main requirements:
- BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 7 + years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, with at least 3-5 years of experience managing and architecting solutions on the Akamai platform, with a deep focus on Akamai Ion property configuration and advanced rule management
- Deep understanding of DNS and TLS / certificate lifecycle management for public-facing applications
- Experience with content delivery networks, such as Akamai and/or CDN
- Solid experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- DevOps mindset with experience in automation, CI/CD, and operational ownership
- Strong understanding of HTTP/S, caching, headers, redirects, compression, and origin behaviour
- Ability to design, and troubleshoot full request flows from the client through Akamai Edge to cloud or on-premises origins
- Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation for both engineering teams and senior leadership
- A proactive commitment to continuous learning and upskilling
- Strong management and leadership skills
Benefit from:
- Attractive remuneration package
- Private health insurance
- Corporate pension fund
- Intellectually stimulating work environment
- Continuous personal development and international training opportunities
The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You
- Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition
- Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team
- Bring It to Life – Role-Specific Take-Home Task
- Get Closer – Second Interview with the Future Team
- Final Connection – Final Interview
All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!
