F5 Platform Engineer

N2S.Global; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

N2S.Global is seeking an experienced F5 Platform Engineer to design, implement, manage, and support F5 application delivery and security solutions across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in F5 BIG-IP technologies, load balancing, traffic management, application security, and network infrastructure.

The role requires collaboration with network, security, and application teams to maintain highly available platforms, with strong focus on HA, security policies,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Networking, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience administering F5 BIG-IP platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management experience.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain F5 BIG-IP platforms.
• Administer and support LTM, DNS/GTM, ASM/AWAF, and APM.
• Configure virtual servers, pools, health monitors, iRules, SSL offloading, and traffic policies.
• Perform platform upgrades, migrations, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot load balancing, application delivery, SSL, and network performance issues.
• Manage high availability configurations and disaster recovery environments.
• Monitor system health, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, cloud, and security teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and architecture diagrams.
• Support automation initiatives using scripting and Infrastructure as Code tools.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Incident management

Automation & scripting

DevOps practices

Enterprise experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

F5 BIG-IP LTM

F5 DNS/GTM

F5 ASM/Advanced WAF

F5 APM

iRules / iApps

SSL/TLS certificate management

Ansible

REST APIs

Git

AWS

F5 Distributed Cloud (XC)

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Kubernetes

Job description

We are seeking an experienced F5 Platform Engineer to design, implement, manage, and support F5 application delivery and security solutions across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in F5 BIG-IP technologies, load balancing, traffic management, application security, and network infrastructure. This role involves maintaining highly available and secure application delivery platforms while collaborating with network, security, and application teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain F5 BIG-IP platforms.
• Administer and support:Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
• DNS/GTM
• Application Security Manager (ASM/AWAF)
• Access Policy Manager (APM)
• Configure virtual servers, pools, health monitors, iRules, SSL offloading, and traffic policies.
• Perform platform upgrades, migrations, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot load balancing, application delivery, SSL, and network performance issues.
• Manage high availability (HA) configurations and disaster recovery environments.
• Monitor system health, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Implement and maintain web application security policies and WAF configurations.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, cloud, and security teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and architecture diagrams.
• Support automation initiatives using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.

Required Skills

F5 Technologies

• F5 BIG-IP LTM
• F5 DNS/GTM
• F5 ASM / Advanced WAF
• F5 APM
• iRules and iApps
• SSL/TLS certificate management

Networking

• TCP/IP
• DNS, DHCP
• HTTP/HTTPS
• Routing and Switching
• VLANs and NAT
• Layer 4-7 networking concepts

Security

• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• SSL/TLS security
• Authentication and Authorization
• Security best practices and vulnerability remediation

Automation & Tools

• PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Ansible
• REST APIs
• Git
• AWS
• F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) knowledge preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Networking, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience administering F5 BIG-IP platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management experience.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise environments.

Preferred Certifications

• F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA)
• F5 Certified Solution Expert (CSE)
• CCNA / CCNP
• AWS or Azure Certifications

Nice-to-Have

• DevOps and CI/CD integration experience.
• Kubernetes and container networking knowledge.
• NGINX Plus/F5 NGINX experience.
• Experience with Service Mesh and API Gateway technologies.