Application Traffic Management Network Engineer / Load Balancing Network Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

Application Traffic Management
Load Balancing
F5
Network Engineering
VMware
TCP/IP
HA Proxy
BGP
OSPF
Agile methodologies

Job Details

Application Traffic Management Network Engineer / Load Balancing Engineer Network Engineer

Merrimack, NH / Westlake, TX / Boston, MA / Durham, NC

6 months initial + Extension

**In-person interview required**

Skillset:

  • A minimum of 4-6 years engineering experience installing, configuring, and supporting load balancing technologies, preferably F5, HA Proxy, and/or VMWare/AVI.
  • Deep knowledge of Traffic Management platforms

The Role

The ATM (Application Traffic Management) Network Engineer will be responsible for the overall F5 & AVI Load Balancing design and providing secure connectivity solutions to the allowing Business teams and customers to be more competitive, more productive, and more profitable in a global business environment. These responsibilities include designing new enterprise solutions, enabling new customer connectivity, securing the environment through tactical change management, as well as working in a cross-organizational fashion to consult and enable these services. This position will require a disciplined approach towards ITSM methodologies ensuring the delivery of information technology services to meet the needs of the business community.

  • Manage, support, and design F5 and load balancing solutions for critical applications running on-prem, at multiple CSPs, and hybrid environments.
  • Consult with business partners on best practices and options with the various technology platforms.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues related to the Application Traffic Management environment (F5 and AVI)
  • Shift -oriented operations support, in collaboration with network operations and network engineering teams.
  • Work closely with business partners and other Global Network Services team to ensure 24x7 availability.
  • Member of 3rd level engineering escalation on-call rotation.
  • Escalate issues as needed.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • A minimum of 4-6 years engineering experience installing, configuring, and supporting load balancing technologies, preferably F5, HA Proxy, and/or VMWare/AVI.
  • Deep knowledge of Traffic Management platforms
  • Automation experience, e.g. Ansible, Python (a plus, not required)
  • Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP, including application knowledge.
  • Network Engineering and Troubleshooting skills
  • Application Traffic Analysis
  • Routed/Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF, VPNs a plus
  • Enterprise Security Policy knowledge and best practices
  • Agile methodologies and framework
  • Network certifications a plus but not required.
  • Works well independently and as part of a team; ability to lead a project.
  • Enjoy working directly with customers and solving their technical problems.
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