Principal Network Engineer, F5

Role Overview

• The F5 Principal Network Engineer acts as a subject matter expert to mentor and support team members on network planning, engineering, and operational support.
• This role will be accountable for operation, performance and availability, and compliance of the Early Warning network.
• Ensure performance and availability are meeting business SLA’s.
• Create and maintain the network standards and baselines.
• Maintain highest levels of network protection from disaster.
• Collaborate with various internal groups and external vendors to ensure all installations meet specifications, ensuring the resolution of problems as they arise.
• Analyze the needs of the organization and translate requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Requirements

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or another related field
• Typically, 12 or more years of demonstrated progressive expert level experience in network design, implementation, and support
• Demonstrated experience leading network projects including large scale data center migrations
• Serve as SME for F5 BIG-IP platforms including LTM, APM, ASM, providing architecture, implementation, optimization, and operational support for highly available application delivery services.
• Design and maintain advanced F5 iRules, policies, and traffic management solutions supporting application availability, authentication, security, SSL offload, and performance optimization.
• Lead implementation and support of global and local load balancing solutions including F5 GTM/DNS, Infoblox DTC, AWS ALB/ELB, Route53, and external DNS provider solutions support resiliency and disaster recovery objectives.
• Develop and maintain enterprise DNS solutions and standards, ensuring high availability, security compliance, and integration across hybrid cloud and multi-data center environments.
• Provide engineering leadership for application delivery and cloud networking initiatives, partnering across infrastructure, security, and application teams to deliver scalable hybrid network solutions.
• Hands-on experience implementing and administrating network devices, setting and maintaining policies and rights within a network environment
• Extensive knowledge with the following equipment or disciplines: Firewalls Load Balancers Cisco network switches Cisco routers Cisco VPN Juniper equipment Linux/ Windows servers Telecom Services
• Strong understanding of Data Center technologies, securing local and remote networks and routing protocols (i.e. BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and common network monitoring and security utilities
• A thorough understanding of the OSI network model, Ethernet, and TCP/IP networking
• Strong technical background to include experience with Routing and Switching technologies and extensive knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
• Demonstrated successful experience designing disaster recovery/business continuity network solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to create and deliver compelling and persuasive presentations.
• Strong business acumen and customer service skills.

Tech Stack

• Assembly
• AWS
• Cloud
• DNS
• Firewalls
• Linux
• Switching
• TCP/IP

Benefits

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
• And SO much more!