Senior F5 BIG-IP Engineer — High Availability & Security

Northern-Technologies-Group; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Technologies Group seeks an experienced F5 Administrator to support USCENTCOM at MacDill AFB, Tampa. You will configure, deploy, and maintain F5 BIG-IP systems, manage SSL offloading, iRules, and capacity planning while coordinating across network, security, and vendor teams.

You must hold an active TS/SCI clearance, be a U.S. citizen, and possess a DoD 8140/8570 certification. Occasional travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations may be required.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP systems, including load balancers, ADCs, and SSL offloading.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• DoD 8140/8570 certification (e.g., Security+) is required.
• Ability and willingness to travel OCONUS up to 10% as needed.

Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and maintain F5 BIG-IP load balancers and ADCs, including SSL offloading.
• Design and implement GSLB and LSLB policies.
• Manage SSL/TLS offloading, keys, and certificates.
• Configure and maintain F5 iRules for traffic management.
• Assist with F5 upgrades, patching, and new solutions for scalability and security.
• Troubleshoot performance, connectivity, availability, and security issues; support incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Monitor system health and plan capacity; perform daily operational tasks.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Active TS/SCI clearance

F5 BIG-IP administrator

TCP/IP / HTTP / HTTPS / DNS / SSL/TLS

F5 iRules knowledge

Agile/DoD workload management

Education

DoD 8140 / DoD 8570 certification (e.g., Security+)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Scrumban

iControl REST

tmsh

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Northern Technologies Group seeks an experienced F5 Administrator to support USCENTCOM at MacDill AFB, Tampa. You will configure, deploy, and maintain F5 BIG-IP systems, manage SSL offloading, iRules, and capacity planning while coordinating across network, security, and vendor teams.

You must hold an active TS/SCI clearance, be a U.S. citizen, and possess a DoD 8140/8570 certification. Occasional travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations may be required.