Network Server Load Balancer

Position Summary

Network Services Delivery Operations organization is seeking an experienced Load Balancing Engineer to be part of a global team. The Load Balancing Engineer will be responsible for providing support for Load Balancing infrastructure. Main responsibilities will include building relationships with the Line of Businesses (LOB) become member of a global team of load balancing engineers further improve and maintain Service Request Fulfillment (SRF) process and standards as part of a larger team that is responsible for the health and welfare of the clients Load Balancing infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

Manage end-to-end lifecycle and delivery of Application Delivery infrastructure

Create designs based on industry best practices engineering standards and security principles

Ensure security controls are implemented and operating effectively as part of solutions delivery

Lifecycle management code upgrades vulnerability patching and EOL replacement programs

Create detailed implementation plans and runbooks for downstream execution teams

Manage a wide variety of technology infrastructure and business aligned projects

Collaborate with engineering and operations teams from service design through operations transition process for new services

Perform design validation and QA testing of new services to ensure successful production deployment

Maintain KPI standards by meeting SLA

Reduce change related incidents by maintaining peer review and implementation standards

Metrics reporting and presentation to senior leadership teams

REQUIREDSKILL:

Minimum 5 years of F5 LTM and GTM 1 or more years of F5 APM and ASM experience

1 or more years AVI/VMware experience CCNP F5 201 and/or demonstrate equivalent work experience

Candidate must be able effectively troubleshoot advanced networking issues in a complex environment with knowledge of commonly used protocols (BGP HTTPS TCP/IP and SSL)

Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with other technical areas to define complex configuration designs

Subject matter expertise of load balancer DNS SSL off loader

Functional understanding of F5s API iControl and application integration

Must have expertise in application switching and traffic management deep knowledge of application requirements (such as persistence) understand SSL offload and implementation of SSL certificate and Key and web acceleration and TCP optimization

Understanding of SSL Certificate Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) in the SSL Certificate and KEY management and rollover process

Expertise in planning designing and implementing enterprise-level network security technologies

Excellent written and verbal communication. Ability to present at an executive level

Experience managing large globally dispersed teams of engineers

5-7 years network engineering and/or technology management experience

Ability to interact with clients at all levels

Desired Skill

Experience with root cause analysis risk mitigation security assessments analysis of security threats trends and architecture

Functional knowledge of F5 advanced feature modules including Web Accelerator Application Security Module and Application Policy Module

Firm understanding of IT Service Management processes ITIL Certification preferred

Python development experience and bash scripting experience

Use of mitigation methods including use of network Packet filters and iRules.

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Technology Infrastructure Organization:

Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions

Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward

Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs is a continuous learner

Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change

Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools technology and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base

Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world