F5 SME

Pontoon Solutions; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 104,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 SME within the Banking sector is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to study, design, configure and maintain F5 devices. The role sits in the Delivery team of the Network Security and Traffic Management Lab, within the Core Infrastructure Platform.

You will rapidly assimilate domain knowledge and work both independently and with teams, contributing to private and public cloud deployments and enterprise banking applications.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, configuring, testing and maintaining F5 devices.
• Strong knowledge of F5 Big-IP LTM/GTM/DNS/APM/AWAF.
• Experience in building/deploying technologies for private/public clouds.
• Background in Enterprise applications supporting banking operations.
• Experience as an Infrastructure Engineer with Agile tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test, and maintain F5 devices.
• Utilise F5 Big-IP and related tools to enhance network infrastructure.
• Build/deploy for private and public cloud environments.
• Contribute to enterprise applications supporting banking ops.
• Follow Agile methodologies and use Jira/CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python and enterprise integrations.
• Familiarity with AppViewX ADC+, DO and AS3.
• Understand networking, IP routing, and Firewalls.

Skills

F5 Big-IP

Python

Cloud deployments

Jenkins

GitHub

CI/CD

AppViewX

DO and AS3

Networking

Firewalls

Jira

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

AppViewX

DO

AS3

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

F5 SME

Banking

Hybrid: Can be based at either Manchester, Leeds or Edinburgh (2 days per week onsite)

6 Months (Possibility for extension)

£650 per day

In short: We’re seeking an F5 SME to assist in the Study and Design of F5’s.

About this opportunity

The core role sits within the F5 Delivery team which is part of the Network Security and Traffic Management Lab within the Core Infrastructure Platform.

The role incorporates Study capability that will be the core of your development and deliveries. You should be able to rapidly assimilate domain knowledge and apply this in a sophisticated technical environment. You can confidently work alone but can collaborate productively.

Role Requirements and Skills & Experience:

• Collaborate with our team to design, configure, test, and maintain F5 Devices.
• Utilise your expertise in F5 Big-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, APM, AWAF), Jenkins, GitHub, or similar technologies to enhance our network infrastructure.
• Build and deploy technologies for both private and public cloud environments, ensuring seamless integrations.
• Contribute to the development of Enterprise applications that will support our banking operations.
• A proven track record as a Infrastructure Engineer.
• Agile methodologies and tooling such as Jira and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python and enterprise integrations.
• Familiarity with AppViewX ADC+, DO and AS3.
• Strong understanding of network technologies, IP Routing protocols, and Firewalls.
• Demonstrable experience in building and deploying technologies for private and public cloud environments.
• Experience in modern Cloud based architectures, CaaS, IaaS.
• Knowledge of traditional datacentre hosted architectures.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Good understanding of Operational Resilience and Security.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

As part of our standard hiring process to manage risk, please note background screening checks will be conducted on all hires before commencing employment.