F5 BIG-IP & AVI Load Balancing Engineer - Hybrid

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an experienced Network Engineer for a 12+ month hybrid contract in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on F5 BIG-IP and AVI/NSX Advanced Load Balancer administration in enterprise environments, with upgrades, troubleshooting, and production support.

You will collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and network teams and may contribute to automation using Python, Unix, or Ansible. Strong communication and independent work ethic are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP platforms.
• Experience with AVI/NSX Advanced Load Balancer environments.
• Experience with GSLB, site failover, and data center migrations.
• Scripting or automation experience in Python, Unix, or Ansible.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain enterprise network and application delivery infrastructure.
• Administer and troubleshoot F5 BIG-IP platforms, including LTM, GTM, and WAF.
• Support AVI/VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer environments.
• Perform load balancer configuration, upgrades, migrations, and production support.
• Configure and troubleshoot virtual services, pools, pool groups, health monitors, SSL/TLS certificates, persistence, and traffic policies.
• Support GSLB/global traffic management, site failover, data center migrations, and traffic cutovers.
• Troubleshoot application delivery and network connectivity issues.
• Perform pre-change and post-change validation and document operational procedures.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and network teams.
• Develop or support automation using Python, Unix, or Ansible.
• Participate in off-hours or weekend support activities as needed.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

AVI/NSX ALB

GSLB

Python/Ansible

TCP/IP

Troubleshooting

Tools

Ansible

Unix

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking an experienced Network Engineer for a 12+ month hybrid contract in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on F5 BIG-IP and AVI/NSX Advanced Load Balancer administration in enterprise environments, with upgrades, troubleshooting, and production support.

You will collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and network teams and may contribute to automation using Python, Unix, or Ansible. Strong communication and independent work ethic are essential.