Senior F5 BIG-IP Engineer - Canberra On-Site

PALAS Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 166,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

PALAS Consulting is seeking experienced F5 engineers for Canberra-based, on-site contract work with Federal Government data centre networks. You will manage production traffic on F5 BIG-IP platforms, covering planning, installation, testing, and cutovers, while ensuring high availability and secure access.

The role requires deep expertise in LTM and APM, HA configurations, iRules, SSL/TLS, and the ability to document and hand over knowledge to the internal team.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on F5 BIG-IP experience with depth in LTM and APM.
• Experience on physical F5 hardware and virtual editions, including HA pairs and failover.
• Track record of migrations or cutovers in production with short change windows and rollback plans.
• Comfortable writing and reading iRules, SSL/TLS profiles, and tracing faults in data centre networks.
• F5 certification, GTM, or Advanced WAF experience is advantageous.
• This is a senior level role and Australian citizenship is mandatory.
• Current AGSVA security clearance is preferred. Based in Canberra or willing to work on-site five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full change cycle: design planning, installation and configuration of F5 BIG-IP platforms.
• Perform testing, service cutovers and post-change validation to ensure stability.
• Document configurations and hand over knowledge to the permanent agency team.
• Collaborate with agency network teams to ensure reliability and high availability.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

LTM

APM

iRules

SSL/TLS

Tools

F5 Hardware

Virtual Editions

GTM

Advanced WAF

Job description

PALAS Consulting is seeking experienced F5 engineers for Canberra-based, on-site contract work with Federal Government data centre networks. You will manage production traffic on F5 BIG-IP platforms, covering planning, installation, testing, and cutovers, while ensuring high availability and secure access.

The role requires deep expertise in LTM and APM, HA configurations, iRules, SSL/TLS, and the ability to document and hand over knowledge to the internal team.