F5 Design Engineer

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Seeking an experienced Load Balancer Design Engineer to support enterprise application delivery infrastructure across global environments. This role involves architecture, design, lifecycle management, and optimization of load balancing platforms such as F5 and VMware AVI. The engineer will focus on delivering scalable, secure, and resilient solutions aligned with enterprise standards and business requirements, supporting a six-month migration from legacy AVI to F5 platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of application delivery infrastructure including design, deployment, upgrades, and decommissioning.
  • Develop high-level and low-level design documentation, runbooks, and implementation plans following industry best practices and security principles.
  • Architect application delivery solutions involving SSL offloading, DNS, persistence, traffic management, and security features.
  • Ensure integration of security controls and compliance requirements into all system designs.
  • Perform quality assurance validation and testing to ensure smooth production deployment.
  • Collaborate with global engineering, operations, and lines of business teams for service transition and delivery.
  • Lead service request fulfillment processes to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Minimize change incidents through peer reviews, standardized deployment procedures, and governance.
  • Oversee lifecycle programs including patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and end-of-life replacements.
  • Provide performance metrics reporting and insights for leadership review.
  • Troubleshoot complex load balancing, DNS, SSL, and network issues in production environments.

Qualifications

  • 5–8+ years of network engineering experience with a focus on load balancing and application delivery solutions.
  • Hands-on expertise in F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Global Traffic Manager (GTM).
  • Experience with F5 APM and ASM modules.
  • Exposure to VMware AVI (NSX Advanced Load Balancer).
  • Strong understanding of networking protocols including TCP/IP, HTTPS, BGP, DNS, and SSL/TLS.
  • Deep knowledge of application switching, traffic management, persistence, and optimization.
  • Experience with SSL offloading, certificate lifecycle management, and PKI processes.
  • Proven troubleshooting skills in complex, high-availability environments.
  • Ability to utilize APIs such as F5 iControl for automation and integration.
  • Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Minimum 3 years of F5 load balancing experience.
  • Working knowledge of AVI load balancing (legacy platform).
  • Prior experience participating in lifecycle management and technology refresh programs.

Publishing Pay Range: $53.00 - $55.00 Hourly

This is a fully remote role and can be performed from an approved location.

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  • Dice Id: 10112156
  • Position Id: 113318
  • Posted 4 hours ago

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About GDH

GDH is a technology workforce solutions provider committed to always giving and delivering more. Better talent. More client and consultant support. Greater service. World-class outcomes. Providing technology staffing, project solutions, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), we will be able to deepen our understanding of your business challenges, stay up to date with industry trends, and enhance our ability to create custom solutions to help achieve your business outcomes. We have established ourselves as a trusted partner to countless businesses operating in the communications sector. Our primary goal is to source and recruit the most talented professionals, assemble teams of skilled specialists, create innovative recruitment and professional services strategies that drive growth and foster innovation.

GDH Benefits

GDH offers a range of employee benefits that are designed to promote well-being and help maintain a healthy work-life balance. These comprehensive benefits cover various aspects of an employee's life and aim to enhance their overall experience with the company. Our health benefits include three medical insurance options with access to KISx Card, Zero Card, and HealthJoy concierge services. Other plan offerings include dental, vision, life, disability, supplemental insurance, and pet insurance plans. Enjoy additional perks like holiday pay, 401(k) plan, direct deposit, an employee referral program, work-life balance benefits, a Wellbeats membership, a discounted gym membership program, and more!  For more detailed information on benefits, please go to GDH’s website under the tab for candidates.

GDH provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran's status or any other category protected by law. In addition to federal law requirements, GDH Consulting, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities and/or employees. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits and training. Applicants with disabilities that require an accommodation or assistance in applying and/or for interviewing, please contact our HR Department.

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