Lead F5 Network Engineer

Veriipro

Charlotte (NC)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Veriipro is seeking a Lead F5 Network Engineer to own enterprise load balancing, DNS, and application delivery across multi-site environments in Charlotte, NC. The role emphasizes F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM administration, BIG-IQ lifecycle, and NGINX Plus HA deployments.

The candidate will drive automation using Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Jinja2, and GitHub workflows, collaborating with network, cloud, security, and application teams to ensure seamless traffic management and reliability.

Qualifications

F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) administration and upgrades.
BIG-IQ management and lifecycle operations.
Wide IP configuration and DNS traffic management.
NGINX Plus administration and troubleshooting.
High Availability (HA) load balancing environments.
Azure networking and Azure Load Balancers.
BGP routing and Anycast architecture.
Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Jinja2, GitHub automation.
Enterprise application delivery and network troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Provision, configure, and manage F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM standalone nodes.
Upgrade BIG-IP DNS software and validate configurations.
Manage Wide IPs, DNS pools, monitors, and traffic policies.
Administer BIG-IQ lifecycle management.
Troubleshoot DNS, GTM, load balancing, and application traffic.
Design, deploy, and support NGINX Plus HA environments.
Configure NGINX Plus load balancing and reverse proxying.
Support NGINXaaS in Azure and Azure Load Balancer integrations.
Monitor and optimize production NGINX Plus clusters.
Support Arista-based BGP Anycast routing integrations.
Automate provisioning with Terraform, Ansible, YAML, and GitHub workflows.
Review and enhance IaC automation frameworks.
Perform root-cause analysis for scalability and resiliency.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP DNS GTM

BIG-IQ

NGINX Plus

HA load balancing

Azure networking

IaC automation

Terraform

Ansible

YAML

Jinja2

GitHub Actions

DNS traffic management

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

YAML

Jinja2

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking a Lead F5 Network Engineer with strong expertise in F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM, BIG-IQ, NGINX Plus, Azure networking, and Infrastructure-as-Code automation. The engineer will support enterprise load balancing, DNS, and application delivery platforms across multi-site environments.

Roles & Responsibilities

Provision, configure, and manage F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM standalone nodes.
Perform BIG-IP DNS software upgrades, configuration validation, and troubleshooting.
Manage and validate Wide IPs, DNS pools, monitors, and traffic management policies.
Administer and support F5 BIG-IQ lifecycle management.
Troubleshoot DNS, GTM, load balancing, and application traffic issues.
Design, deploy, and support NGINX Plus HA environments.
Configure NGINX Plus load balancing, server farms, reverse proxy, and application delivery services.
Support NGINXaaS in Azure and Azure Load Balancer integrations.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize production NGINX Plus clusters.
Support Arista-based BGP Anycast routing architecture and network integrations.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using:
- Terraform
- Ansible
- YAML
- Jinja2 templates
- GitHub workflows
Review and enhance existing Infrastructure-as-Code automation frameworks.
Perform root-cause analysis and provide recommendations for scalability, resiliency, and operational improvements.
Collaborate with network, cloud, security, and application teams to support enterprise production environments.