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Akamai Developer

CGI

CGI

Software Engineering
Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Aug 5, 2025

Position Description:

This role is hybrid and requires you to be at our Client office at a minimum 3 days per week - subject to change at any time.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Able to Configure and optimize Akamai CDN settings to improve performance, reduce latency.
• Configure security policies and rules to protect web applications and digital assets.
• Automate infrastructure deployment and configuration management using Ansible.
• Conduct performance testing, load testing, security testing to validate Akamai Configurations.
• Security & Performance: Knowledge of Akamai Netstorage for content caching, security, web performance and global CDN optimization.
• Implementing caching strategies, edge computing to enhance content delivery on Akamai Netstorage
• Monitor CDN performance, traffic patterns, and security events using Akamai's monitoring and analytics tools.
• Analyze performance metrics, logs and reports to identify bottlenecks, optimize configurations and troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams, including developers and leads and security teams to design, implement and optimize Akamai configurations.
• AWS Cloud Services: Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, and Cognito (nice-to-have)

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• 8+ years of experience as a Developer
• Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, Dynamo DB, Cloud Front
• Cognito experience will be nice to have
• Experience in Digital Product or Services Development (Mobile or Web) specially Digital Wallets and Payments domain
• Experience with Banking or Financial products will be considered a plus
• Experience in working as part of Agile teams
• Capability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with a positive attitude to thrive in a high-production customer focused environment
• Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills in terms of speaking, explaining and articulating requirements and other information to external stakeholders

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Skills:

  • Application Design
  • Application Development
  • Financial Services
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Systems Analysis
  • Technical Analysis
  • Waterfall Model
  • Web Application Development

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.

To learn more about accessibility at CGI, contact us via email. Please note that this email is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used for application status inquiries.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.