Sr. Web Platform Engineer - F5, NGINX (BHJOB22048_751)

Sr. Web Platform Engineer - F5, NGINX

Sr. Web Platform Engineer will work as a part of the enterprise digital platform delivery group with a strong focus on migrating Load Balancer Configurations from F5 BIG-IP LTM to NGINX Plus. Engineer, solution design, configuration, and troubleshooting of load balancing, caching, reverse proxy infrastructure on the NGINX / NGINX Plus platform. Review F5 iRules and translate into configuration of NGINX solution for deployment. Support the design, and delivery of a highly scalable Content Distribution Platform using NGINX / NGINX+ caching, NGINX cache manager, reverse proxy, web functions, and multi-cloud middleware integration in conjunction with Adobe AEM dispatches and publishers (Apache, WebSphere, App Servers/gateways, F5, WAFs.)

Responsibilities:

• Load Balancer redesign and migration from F5 /iRules to NGINX Plus
• Configure NGINX caching for dynamic load balancing, high performance tuning, traffic optimization.
• Engineer NGINX load balancing and caching solutions optimized for content delivery using hierarchical tiered caching, cache integration, intelligent caching and routing, atomic self-leveling, and self-monitoring.
• Leverage NGINX, NGINX+, Azure Autoscaling, WebSphere, Apache, IIS, F5, Firewalls, WAF, App gateways.
• Design Platform automation and integration using Python, Groovy, Ansible, scripting.
• Integrate middleware including application gateways, load balancers, SSL/TLS certificates and keys, firewalls, web and proxy servers using NGINX, NGINX+, Apache, WebSphere App Server, F5, WAF, and SSL Certificates.
• Engineer highly scalable secure Digital Content Delivery Caching framework using NGINX / NGINX cache manager, dynamic load balancing, autoscaling, low latency delivery of Adobe Experience Manager Digital content and assets (contextual content fragments, targeted video, audio, high resolution pictures, text)
• Troubleshoot platform security with SSL certificates, firewalls, WAF, and proxies.
• Design, develop, test, and deliver resilient, secure, high-volume, high-performance platform solutions.
• Document work and mentor other technical resources on use of the platform.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree - Computer Science, CIS, or related field
• 8+ years in cloud platform, DevOps, Systems Engineering, Middleware integration, Performance, or DevOps.
• NGINX / NGINX Plus - Experience with building production ready Nginx and Nginx+ deployments
• Strong Load Balancing experience with NGINX+ AND F5 BIG IP, LTM, GTM, iRules / iRulesets, ADC, CLI, iControl
• Prior experience migrating Load Balancing from F5 to NGINX+ - strongly desired.
• Optimizing Nginx and fine tuning for high performance supporting traffic and dynamic load for environments
• Experience with using Nginx cache manager and caching architecture
• Building highly scalable frameworks with Nginx and Azure or comparable cloud
• Python and Ansible experience a plus
• Experience with K8 or AKS in Azure a plus if architecture uses containers, kubernetes, etc.
• Experience with auto scaling in Azure a plus
• Experience with building CI/CD pipeline automation into Azure a plus
• Python and Ansible experience a plus
• Experience with Adobe AEM a plus

Logistics: 2yr+ contract role with ITmPowered. Work remote full time nationwide. Conversion at end of contract is a possibility for those that are eligible (living in CA, CO, WA, OR, GA, VA, MD, DC, HI). Must have COVID-19 Vaccination and booster. Must pass 12 panel drug screen and 10yr BG Check. Excellent benefits, work life balance, and an outstanding manager to work with.