Senior F5 Architect — LTM/GTM, HA, Cloud

Smart IT Frame LLC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IT Frame is seeking a highly experienced F5 Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise-scale application delivery and global traffic management solutions across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

You will own end-to-end architecture for F5 LTM and GTM platforms, driving HA, security, and performance for mission-critical applications. Lead integration with WAF/APM/ASM and mentor network engineers while guiding upgrades and cloud migrations.

Qualifications

• 10 years in network engineering/architecture with 5+ years on F5 BIGIP LTM and GTM.
• Deep expertise in F5 BIGIP modules LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM, APM, AFM.

Responsibilities

• Architect design and implement F5 BIGIP LTM solutions including virtual servers and policies.
• Design and manage F5 GTM DNS solutions for global load balancing and DR.
• Define standards and best practices for load balancing, application delivery, and DNS.
• Lead HA design and DR strategies for F5 platforms.
• Collaborate with security and app teams to integrate F5 with WAF, APM, ASM.
• Own the roadmap for F5 infrastructure lifecycle, upgrades, and cloud migrations.
• Automate F5 config and deployment using Ansible, Terraform, iControl REST API.
• Provide L3/L4 technical leadership and mentorship to network teams.
• Conduct architecture reviews, risk assessments, and performance tuning.
• Develop and maintain HLD/LLD, runbooks, and DR plans.

Skills

F5 BIGIP LTM

F5 GTM DNS

iRules

SSL offloading

iApps

HA design

DR strategy

Ansible

Terraform

iControl REST API

Python scripting

TCP/IP DNS SSL/TLS

Troubleshooting (tcpdump, Wireshark)

Tools

BIGIP VE

REST API

Job description

Smart IT Frame is seeking a highly experienced F5 Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise-scale application delivery and global traffic management solutions across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

You will own end-to-end architecture for F5 LTM and GTM platforms, driving HA, security, and performance for mission-critical applications. Lead integration with WAF/APM/ASM and mentor network engineers while guiding upgrades and cloud migrations.