F5 INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Searchability; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability is seeking an experienced F5 Infrastructure Engineer for a 6-month contract with potential extension. The role is hybrid with Edinburgh, Leeds or Manchester as locations, requiring 2 days per week on-site and umbrella day rates up to £700.

You will join a specialist F5 delivery team, designing, configuring, testing and maintaining F5 devices across enterprise infrastructure, spanning private and public clouds, with focus on LTM, GTM/DNS, APM and AWAF.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an infrastructure engineer in an enterprise environment.
• F5 BIG-IP expertise across LTM, GTM/DNS, APM and AWAF.
• Experience deploying and integrating private and public cloud environments and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test and maintain F5 devices across a complex enterprise environment.
• Support and enhance network infrastructure with F5 BIG-IP technologies and cloud integrations.
• Collaborate with technical teams to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP LTM

GTM DNS

APM AWAF

Networking basics

Jenkins

GitHub

CI/CD

Jira

Python

Cloud infrastructure

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