Senior F5 BIG-IP Infrastructure Engineer

Balance Recruitment; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

On-site requirement (first 6 weeks)

Job summary

Balance Recruitment is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for a major Australian government agency, based in Canberra with a hybrid work arrangement. You will lead the Data Centre Network team and own the F5 BIG-IP platforms (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) to ensure high availability of critical services.

Responsibilities include designing, configuring and maintaining F5 environments, performing advanced troubleshooting, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and documenting procedures to support APS

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 CST 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 expertise

UNIX/Linux CLI

Troubleshooting & diagnostics

Network security

Automation scripting

Tools

F5 BIG-IP

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Balance Recruitment is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for a major Australian government agency, based in Canberra with a hybrid work arrangement. You will lead the Data Centre Network team and own the F5 BIG-IP platforms (LTM, DNS/GTM, APM) to ensure high availability of critical services.

Responsibilities include designing, configuring and maintaining F5 environments, performing advanced troubleshooting, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and documenting procedures to support APS