Senior IT Architect

Kforce Inc; North Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce is seeking an experienced Senior IT Architect in Juno Beach, FL to lead enterprise application delivery and load balancing platforms, focusing on F5 BIG-IP, GTM/LTM, DNS, SSL offloading, and WAF. This role requires hands-on IaC and API-driven provisioning, with automation driving modern delivery architectures.

You will collaborate with networking, cloud, security, application, and infrastructure teams to establish resilient, secure, and highly available platforms across on-prem and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise networking or infrastructure engineering experience.
• 5+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role.
• Expert knowledge of F5 BIG-IP platform architecture.
• Experience automating F5 deployments using APIs and IaC tools.
• Experience with hybrid cloud networking across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture standards for F5 BIG-IP and enterprise application delivery platforms.
• Develop multi-year technology roadmaps for load balancing, DNS, Global Traffic Management, SSL offloading, and application delivery modernization.
• Design highly available and scalable F5 architectures supporting mission-critical enterprise applications.
• Architect Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM/DNS), Access Policy Manager (APM), Advanced WAF, SSL Orchestrator, and BIG-IP Next deployments.
• Develop reference architectures for global application delivery, disaster recovery, geographic load balancing, and hybrid cloud traffic management.
• Lead the modernization of application delivery platforms through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and API-driven provisioning.
• Design automated provisioning and lifecycle management for virtual servers, pools, monitors, certificates, policies, and DNS records.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Hybrid cloud networking

Networking protocols

APIs and automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

REST APIs

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce's client in Juno Beach, FL is seeking an experienced Senior IT Architect to lead the architecture, engineering standards, and strategic direction for the enterprise Application Delivery and Load Balancing platforms. This role is responsible for defining enterprise standards for F5 BIG-IP technologies, Global Traffic Management (GTM), Local Traffic Management (LTM), DNS services, SSL/TLS, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and application delivery across on-premises, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in F5 technologies with hands‑on experience in infrastructure automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), API-driven operations, and modern application delivery architectures. This individual will establish the enterprise strategy for resilient, secure, highly available, and automated application delivery platforms while partnering with networking, cloud, security, application, and infrastructure engineering teams.

• Define enterprise architecture standards for F5 BIG-IP and enterprise application delivery platforms
• Develop multi-year technology roadmaps for load balancing, DNS, Global Traffic Management, SSL offloading, and application delivery modernization
• Design highly available and scalable F5 architectures supporting mission‑critical enterprise applications
• Architect Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM/DNS), Access Policy Manager (APM), Advanced WAF, SSL Orchestrator, and BIG-IP Next deployments
• Develop reference architectures for global application delivery, disaster recovery, geographic load balancing, and hybrid cloud traffic management
• Lead the modernization of application delivery platforms through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and API-driven provisioning
• Design automated provisioning and lifecycle management for virtual servers, pools, monitors, certificates, policies, and DNS records

Responsibilities

Kforce's client in Juno Beach, FL is seeking an experienced Senior IT Architect to lead the architecture, engineering standards, and strategic direction for the enterprise Application Delivery and Load Balancing platforms. This role is responsible for defining enterprise standards for F5 BIG-IP technologies, Global Traffic Management (GTM), Local Traffic Management (LTM), DNS services, SSL/TLS, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and application delivery across on-premises, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in F5 technologies with hands‑on experience in infrastructure automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), API-driven operations, and modern application delivery architectures. This individual will establish the enterprise strategy for resilient, secure, highly available, and automated application delivery platforms while partnering with networking, cloud, security, application, and infrastructure engineering teams.

• Define enterprise architecture standards for F5 BIG-IP and enterprise application delivery platforms
• Develop multi-year technology roadmaps for load balancing, DNS, Global Traffic Management, SSL offloading, and application delivery modernization
• Design highly available and scalable F5 architectures supporting mission‑critical enterprise applications
• Architect Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM/DNS), Access Policy Manager (APM), Advanced WAF, SSL Orchestrator, and BIG-IP Next deployments
• Develop reference architectures for global application delivery, disaster recovery, geographic load balancing, and hybrid cloud traffic management
• Lead the modernization of application delivery platforms through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and API-driven provisioning
• Design automated provisioning and lifecycle management for virtual servers, pools, monitors, certificates, policies, and DNS records

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of enterprise networking or infrastructure engineering experience
• 5+ years in an architecture or technical leadership role
• Expert knowledge of F5 BIG-IP platform architecture
• Experience designing globally distributed application delivery architectures
• Demonstrated experience implementing infrastructure automation for F5 platforms using APIs and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience automating F5 deployments using Terraform, Ansible, REST APIs, or declarative automation frameworks (AS3, DO, FAST, or similar)
• Experience integrating F5 services with enterprise DNS, PKI, identity, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of enterprise routing, switching, firewalls, BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, and DNS
• Experience with hybrid cloud networking across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

Deep Experience With

• Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
• Global Traffic Manager/BIG-IP DNS (GTM)
• DNS architecture
• Application Delivery
• SSL/TLS
• High Availability
• Advanced WAF
• Access Policy Manager (APM)

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.