F5 INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Searchability; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company is seeking a skilled F5 Infrastructure Engineer on a 6-month contract with potential extension. The role is hybrid with 2 days on-site per week across Edinburgh, Leeds or Manchester, offering an umbrella day rate of up to £700.

You will design, configure, test and maintain F5 devices in a large enterprise environment, working across private and public cloud setups and collaborating with delivery teams to ensure resilient infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test and maintain F5 devices across a complex enterprise environment.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

LTM

GTM/DNS

APM

AWAF

Jenkins

GitHub

CI/CD

Jira

Python

AppViewX

Cloud

Data Centre

Tools

AppViewX ADC+

DO

AS3

Job description

F5 INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER - CONTRACT

KEY POINTS

6-month contract with potential extension

Hybrid - Edinburgh, Leeds or Manchester

2 days per week on-site

Umbrella day rate - up to £700 p/d

F5 BIG-IP / Networking / Cloud Infrastructure

ABOUT THE CLIENT

We're working with a major UK organisation looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join an established Network Security and Traffic Management environment.

You'll be joining a specialist F5 delivery team, working across sophisticated enterprise infrastructure and helping design, configure, test and maintain technologies spanning networking, cloud and application delivery.

THE F5 INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER ROLE:

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you'll work alongside the wider technical team to design, configure, test and maintain F5 devices across a complex enterprise environment.

You'll utilise your experience across F5 BIG-IP technologies including LTM, GTM/DNS, APM and AWAF, alongside tooling such as Jenkins and GitHub, to support and enhance network infrastructure.

The role will also see you building and deploying technologies across private and public cloud environments, contributing to enterprise applications and working with modern cloud architectures alongside traditional data centre environments.

You'll need to be comfortable rapidly picking up domain knowledge, working independently when required and collaborating with technical teams to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues.

F5 INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Proven experience working as an Infrastructure Engineer

F5 BIG-IP - LTM, GTM/DNS, APM and AWAF

Strong understanding of networking technologies, IP routing protocols and firewalls

Jenkins, GitHub or similar technologies

Agile methodologies, Jira and CI/CD pipelines

Python and enterprise integrations

AppViewX ADC+, DO and AS3

Building and deploying technologies across private and public cloud environments

Modern cloud architectures including CaaS and IaaS

Traditional data centre hosted architectures

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities

Good understanding of Operational Resilience and Security

Candidates will need to demonstrate evidence of the above experience within their CV to be considered.

KEY SKILLS

F5, F5 BIG-IP, BIG-IP, LTM, GTM, DNS, APM, AWAF, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Infrastructure, Network Security, Traffic Management, AppViewX, ADC+, DO, AS3, Jenkins, GitHub, CI/CD, Jira, Python, IP Routing, Firewalls, Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, CaaS, IaaS, Data Centre, Operational Resilience, Security