F5 SME

Pontoon Solutions; Livingston; Hybrid; GBP 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Pontoon Solutions seeks an F5 SME to study and design F5 solutions within the Delivery team of the Core Infrastructure Platform. The role requires rapid domain knowledge uptake and independent yet collaborative work in a banking context.

You will design, configure, test, and maintain F5 devices, leveraging Big-IP features and CI/CD tooling, while building cloud-based integrations for private and public environments. The contract is 6 months with hybrid UK-based work.

Qualifications

• Evidence of listed skills in CV.
• Experience as Infrastructure Engineer.
• Strong understanding of network technologies and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test, and maintain F5 devices.
• Utilise F5 Big-IP, Jenkins, GitHub to enhance network infrastructure.
• Build and deploy technologies for private and public cloud environments.
• Contribute to enterprise applications supporting banking operations.
• Work in Agile with Jira and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

F5 Big-IP

Jenkins

GitHub

Python

CI/CD

Cloud deployments

Tools

AppViewX ADC+

AS3

DO

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.