Senior F5 BIG-IP & Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer

Balance Recruitment and Balance Consulting; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Balance Recruitment is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for the Canberra area to join the Telecommunications and Network Engineering Branch. The role focuses on managing and optimising enterprise F5 BIG-IP platforms (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) and supporting secure, highly available government services.

You will lead engineering, lifecycle management, and operational support in the Data Centre Network team, collaborating with various IT groups and vendors.

Qualifications

• Expert-level experience with F5 BIG-IP platforms (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) in large, complex enterprise or government environments.
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills including packet captures, SSL/TLS analysis, and multi-layer diagnostics.
• Demonstrated ability to lead platform upgrades, vulnerability management, and infrastructure lifecycle processes.
• Robust knowledge of data centre networking including routing, switching, VLANs, firewall integration, and secure network design.
• Advanced UNIX/Linux command-line skills for system diagnostics and network analysis.
• Strong understanding of cyber security principles and secure platform management.
• Experience with automation or scripting tools such as Python, Terraform, or Ansible is highly regarded.
• Relevant certifications such as F5 Certified Technology Specialist or Cisco CCNP are advantageous but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration, optimisation, and operational support of enterprise F5 BIG-IP platforms ensuring high availability and security.
• Provide expert technical advice on application delivery, load balancing, traffic management, SSL/TLS, authentication services, and network security.
• Design, configure, and maintain F5 environments including virtual servers, pools, monitors, policies, iRules, SSL certificates, and security controls.
• Conduct advanced troubleshooting involving packet analysis, traffic flow validation, and root cause investigation across multiple technology layers.
• Drive platform lifecycle management activities such as software upgrades, hardware refresh, vulnerability remediation, and cyber security enhancements.
• Contribute to data centre network design, disaster recovery planning, business continuity initiatives, and change implementation.
• Collaborate closely with application, security, infrastructure, and project teams as well as vendors and managed service providers to deliver technical outcomes.
• Develop and maintain high-quality technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge sharing to support APS staff capability development.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

LTM

DNS/GTM

APM

UNIX/Linux

Network security

Troubleshooting

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Tools

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Balance Recruitment is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for the Canberra area to join the Telecommunications and Network Engineering Branch. The role focuses on managing and optimising enterprise F5 BIG-IP platforms (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) and supporting secure, highly available government services.

You will lead engineering, lifecycle management, and operational support in the Data Centre Network team, collaborating with various IT groups and vendors.