hackajob has partnered with leading financial services company and are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer - F5 to join their dynamic team.

Role: Senior Network Engineer - F5

Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Work set-up: Hybrid

Salary: $140k + Benefits

Employment Type: Fulltime

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, configure, test, and maintain LAN/WAN equipment and related services for Web support
• Lead in the diagnosis, and resolve complex network problems
• Select network devices, and set network policies that adhere to Security guidelines
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all implemented networks
• Maintain and support company’s LAN/WAN environment and Web Hosting Services
• Direct the maintenance, problem resolution and hardware configurations
• Direct the maintenance of all Firewalls and approve requested rule changes in the Firewall Review Board meetings
• Participate in 24x7 on-call and escalations, ensuring that Networking staff are fully trained to support all aspects of the network.
• Obtain and maintain required certifications
• Act as SME in the definition and policy making of network and security protocols.
• Comply with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.
• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
• The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor

Essential Functions for Load Balancing/ F5 Focus Engineers:

• Create and troubleshoot iRules and apply rules within the F5 appliances.
• Troubleshoot complex and escalated issues and debug services using problem determination tools and logs provided with the F5 appliances.
• Configure and Manage F5 using TMSH and BASH environments.
• Plan and execute firmware upgrades and system management deployments for major and minor upgrades in AWS Cloud and On-Prem VM/ADC devices.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience in networking and system administration .
• Hands-on expertise with network devices, policies, and rights management.
• Advanced knowledge with any of the following equipment or disciplines; Load balancers/ F5, Firewalls, Cisco and network switches, Cisco routers, Cisco VPN, Palo Alto, Linux/Windows Servers, Telecom Services
• Strong understanding of common network monitoring and security utilities, Data Center technologies, securing local and remote networks and routing protocols (i.e. BGP, OSPF, EIGRP ).
• Has thorough understanding of the OSI network model, Ethernet, and TCP/IP networking
• Basic understanding of virtualization and its impact on network designs.
• Familiar with ESX and vSwitch technology .
• A practical level of experience implementing and administrating common TCP/IP-based services, including DNS, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, SSH, SSL, SMTP , etc.
• Troubleshooting focused on determining hardware vs. software, hardware vs. firmware, software vs. operating system, network vs. application/systems, and patterned vs. non-repeatable problems
• Advanced experience with F5 LTM, APM, ASM , and iRule development .
• Expertise with BigIQ management and AS3 deployment .
• Hands-on knowledge of MTLS , certificate management , Ansible automation , and Git .
• Proficiency in analyzing network events using tools like TCP Dump and Wireshark .
• Industry certifications (e.g., CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP ) and additional technical training.
• Specialized knowledge in AWS cloud deployments (e.g., CFT, DO, Ansible Deploy ).
• Advanced F5 certifications (e.g., 301b+ level ).

If you're interested in finding out more about this fantastic opportunity please get your application in and we can arrange a call.

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*This role requires you to be based in the US*