Senior F5 Application Delivery Network Engineer

100 Intel Corporation; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Stock bonuses (benefits)

Health benefits

Job summary

Intel Information Technology (IT) seeks a Senior F5 Application Delivery Network Engineer to design, implement, automate, and support enterprise-scale application delivery across Intel's global environment. You will engineer and sustain F5 BIG-IP platforms, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive resiliency with cross-functional teams in a high-availability setting.

The role emphasizes senior technical leadership, platform lifecycle, and automation to reduce risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM field with 4+ years of experience.
• Or a Master's degree in related field with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience with TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, routing, load balancing, certificates, and application/network troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting F5 BIG-IP modules including lifecycle/configuration management and platform resiliency.
• Experience supporting highly available, production environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior engineering expertise for F5 BIG-IP application delivery platforms.
• Engineer, configure, test, and support application delivery and load-balancing solutions.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex F5 and application connectivity issues.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for production and manufacturing incidents.
• Drive platform availability, resiliency, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Lead evaluation, testing, pilot, and production readiness activities for major changes.
• Develop and maintain standardized configurations, documentation, and SOPs.
• Lead or support platform lifecycle activities, including upgrades and end-of-life refresh.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering on testing, releases, and complex production issues.
• Collaborate with technology suppliers on complex issues and escalations.
• Review requirements and translate into secure, scalable solutions.
• Identify opportunities for automation and self-service to improve efficiency.
• Participate in technical reviews and provide engineering guidance for new capabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers and build technical capability.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP expertise

Network troubleshooting

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

LTM

Global Traffic Manager (GTM)

iRules

Job description

Job Details: Job Description: About the Role

Intel Information Technology (IT) is seeking a Senior F5 Application Delivery Network Engineer join a high-performing team responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and scalable application delivery services across Intel's global enterprise environment. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise-scale application delivery and load-balancing solutions. You will collaborate with network engineering, security, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure business-critical services remain highly available, secure, and optimized for performance. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in F5 technologies with strong problem-solving skills, a continuous-improvement mindset, and a passion for building and operating highly available infrastructure at scale.

What You’ll Do

Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Provide senior-level engineering expertise for F5 BIG-IP application delivery platforms.
• Engineer, configure, test, and support application delivery and load-balancing solutions.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex F5 and application connectivity issues.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for critical production and manufacturing incidents.
• Drive platform availability, resiliency, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Lead evaluation, testing, pilot, and production readiness activities for major architecture, operating system, and configuration changes.
• Develop and maintain standardized configurations, engineering documentation, operating procedures, and troubleshooting knowledge.
• Lead or support platform lifecycle activities, including software upgrades and end-of-support/end-of-life refresh.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering teams on testing, releases, critical changes, factory shutdown activities, and complex production issues.
• Work with F5 and other technology suppliers on complex technical issues and product escalations.
• Review application requirements and translate them into secure, scalable, and highly available application delivery solutions.
• Identify opportunities for automation and self-service to improve engineering efficiency and reduce operational risk.
• Participate in technical reviews and provide engineering guidance for new capabilities and deployments.
• Mentor junior engineers and help build deeper technical capability across the team.

Behavioral traits that we are looking for

• Strong ownership and accountability for service reliability and operational excellence.
• Ability to effectively manage priorities and make sound decisions in fast-pace environments.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to troubleshooting.
• A continuous-learning mindset and curiosity for emerging technologies.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to influence through technical expertise, communication, and partnership.
• Commitment to documentation, process improvement, and knowledge sharing.
• Customer-focused thinking with an understanding of business impact and service quality.
• Resilience and composure during production incidents and critical situations.
• A proactive approach to identifying risks, opportunities, and operational improvements.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another STEM-related field and 4+ years of experience.
• Or a Master's degree in a related field and 2+ years of experience.

Your experience described above must be in the following:

• Experience with TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, routing, load balancing, certificates, and application/network troubleshooting.
• Experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting all F5 BIG-IP modules including but not limited to lifecycle/ configuration management and platform resiliency.
• Experience supporting highly available, business-critical production environments.
• Troubleshoot incidents under operational pressure and drive issues through root-cause resolution.
• Experience with LTM (Local Traffic Manager), virtual servers, pools, health monitors, profiles, persistence, SSL/TLS, and traffic management.
• Experience developing iRules and advanced traffic-management policies.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience with infrastructure automation using Python, Ansible, REST APIs, or similar tools.
• Experience integrating application delivery technologies with cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing or other mission-critical environments.
• F5 professional certification or equivalent demonstrated technical experience.
• Experience designing resilient solutions and eliminating single points of failure.
• Understanding of modern application architectures, APIs, containers, and cloud-native application delivery is beneficial.

Note: This position is not eligible for Intel immigration sponsorship.

Why Join Intel?

At Intel, IT is a strategic enabler of the technology that powers the world's leading semiconductor company. As part of this team, you will work on large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure supporting Intel's global operations while helping drive modernization, automation, security, and reliability initiatives. You'll collaborate with highly skilled engineers, influence technical direction, and have opportunities to grow your expertise across networking, cloud, automation, and application delivery technologies.

Job Type: Experienced Hire Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America) Primary Location: US, Oregon, Hillsboro Additional Locations: US, California, Folsom

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Benefits

Benefits We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $137,610.00-227,270.00 USD

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