Cloudflare Architect
Abhinav SharmaUnited StatesMIDPosted 2h ago
Cloudflare CDNWAFAkamai CDNProperty ManagerKona WAFCloudflare Security SolutionsCDN ArchitectureOptimizationDNSHTTP/HTTPSTCP/IPOSI ModelSSL/TLSTraffic RoutingCaching TechnologiesLoad BalancingWeb Application SecurityNetwork TroubleshootingTraffic Analysis
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Cloudflare Architect to lead architecture design, migration strategy, technical governance, and implementation planning for large-scale enterprise applications, specifically focusing on Akamai-to-Cloudflare migrations.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead end-to-end assessment and architecture design for migrating applications from Akamai to Cloudflare
• Define target-state CDN and WAF architecture, migration strategies, and implementation approaches
• Assess and map existing Akamai configurations to equivalent Cloudflare services and capabilities
• Design Cloudflare CDN, WAF, traffic routing, caching, and web application security solutions
• Develop migration plans, cutover strategies, rollback methodologies, and risk mitigation approaches
• Provide technical governance, architecture reviews, and migration oversight
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, and application teams
• Support migration cutover, post-migration stabilization, and knowledge transfer
Requirements
• 8–10+ Years of experience in CDN, WAF, Application Delivery, and Web Application Security
• Minimum 3+ Years of hands-on Cloudflare CDN and WAF implementation experience
• Strong experience in enterprise-scale Akamai-to-Cloudflare migration assessments, architecture, and planning
• Proven ability to lead architecture design, migration governance, cutover, and rollback planning
• Minimum 3 Years of hands-on experience with Cloudflare CDN & WAF
• Akamai CDN & Property Manager expertise
• Akamai-to-Cloudflare Migration Expertise
• Kona WAF & Cloudflare Security Solutions knowledge
• CDN Architecture & Optimization skills
• DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP & OSI Model understanding
• SSL/TLS & Traffic Routing experience
• Caching Technologies & Load Balancing expertise
• Web Application Security knowledge
• Network Troubleshooting & Traffic Analysis skills