F5 Load Balancer Engineer

Remote

12 Months

W2 Position

Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance

Key Required Skills

Work with advanced technical principles, theories, and concept; working on complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions

Position Description

Assist in defining and managing firewall standards and polices defined by the agency

Maintain, manage, test and implement patches and upgrades

Review and validate platform upgrades and changes

Contribute to the development of new principles and concepts

Work on unusually complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions

Collaborate with application owners, stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements and determine how to meet their needs while adhering to all applicable policies

Working with teams, vendors and consultants to determine strategy for complex system changes, upgrades and implementations

Developing configuration and procedural documentation as necessary

Work with advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts

Challenge with working on complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions

Work with highly experienced and technical resources

All other duties as assigned or directed

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field

10 years of experience or more as a Network Engineer focusing on network performance management

7 years of experience with configuring and managing F5 Load Balancers

5 years of experience with configuring and managing Routing/Switching in a large enterprise network

5 years of experience with Microsoft Server and Linux Administration

3 years of experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python or Perl

Required Skills

F5 Load Balancer specific configuration and management

Experience in a large multi-datacenter network consisting of at least 5,000 devices

Solid understanding of internetworking: security, routing, switching, SAN and application networking

Experience with Microsoft Server and Linux Administration

Expertise in the Linux command-line environment

Experience with server hardware to include Dell, HP, or Cisco UCS

Experience working with standardized routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VPLS, MPLS

VMWare experience

MS Visio, Project

Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing

Desired Skills

F5 Certified Administrator (201) or higher certification

Cisco Certifications such as CCNP or CCIE

Knowledge, skills and abilities creating and managing automation scripts to manage Network as a Service (Software Defined Networking (SDN), Load Balancers, firewalls, etc.

Experience developing best practice project plans, engineering scripts, and documentation for network performance management

Prior Federal government experience

Adept at working independently and in a team environment

Demonstrated experience with delivering technology solutions in a fast-paced, deadline-driven enterprise environment

Excellent understanding of change management, testing requirements, deployment technologies and methods, and tools to ensure high availability of systems

Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts to a dynamic work environment

Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities