Senior F5 Network Security Engineer – DoD Cloud & IPv6

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, disability benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Work‑life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior F5 Network Security Engineer to design, deploy, and support secure, high‑availability network solutions for DoD missions at Fort Meade. The role emphasizes hands‑on work with F5 LTM, BGP, IPv6, and secure architectures across enterprise and cloud environments.

Ideal candidates will troubleshoot complex issues, produce comprehensive documentation, and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to strengthen critical infrastructure while pursuing IAT Level II

Qualifications

• Experience with F5 LTM, load balancing, and general networking protocols.
• Experience implementing and troubleshooting network architectures, routing, and supported protocols.
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating cybersecurity solutions.
• Ability to independently produce technical documentation.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to obtain an 8140 IAT Level II Certification such as Security+ within 6 months of start date.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage F5 LTM including virtual servers, virtual addresses, pools, dynamic load balancing, and BGP route advertisement.
• Perform F5 upgrades, patching, hotfixes, licensing, provisioning, and boot partition management.
• Configure and troubleshoot HA pairs, partitions, and route domains.
• Troubleshoot connectivity issues using tmsh, bash, imish (ZebOS), and the Configuration Utility.
• Architect, implement, and troubleshoot network solutions supporting BGP, IPv6, CIDR or subnetting, and Cisco VRF configuration.
• Support Azure virtual networking.
• Partner with operational and security teams to implement new security policies, evaluate metrics, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Test, integrate, and secure new email security components.
• Develop technical documentation including implementation plans, test plans, SOPs, TTPs, and CONOPS.
• Collaborate across teams to drive modern network solutions, break legacy patterns, and deliver resilient, secure architectures.

Skills

F5 LTM

Networking protocols

Cybersecurity solutions

Technical documentation

Secret clearance

DoD experience

Independent documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

tmsh

imish (ZebOS)

BGP

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior F5 Network Security Engineer to design, deploy, and support secure, high‑availability network solutions for DoD missions at Fort Meade. The role emphasizes hands‑on work with F5 LTM, BGP, IPv6, and secure architectures across enterprise and cloud environments.

Ideal candidates will troubleshoot complex issues, produce comprehensive documentation, and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to strengthen critical infrastructure while pursuing IAT Level II