Senior Network Engineer

Verra Mobility; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Mesa, Arizona is seeking a Senior Network Engineer specialized in Load Balancing. This role involves designing and optimizing load balancing solutions while ensuring application performance and availability. Ideal candidates will have 7+ years of experience in network engineering, proficiency with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP, and a solid grasp of DNS and GSLB strategies. The position offers a hybrid work model with 3 days in-office and 2 days remote.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering focusing on load balancing.
• Hands-on experience with platforms like F5 BIG-IP, Citrix ADC.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with performance metrics and logs.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions.
• Design traffic management strategies including SSL offload.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues across multi-tier environments.

Skills

Load balancing solutions expertise

Network engineering

Scripting/automation

Excellent communication

Tools

F5 BIG-IP

Citrix ADC

AWS

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

The Senior Network Engineer (Load Balancing) will be responsible forthe design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade load balancing and traffic management solutions across on-prem and cloud environments. This role is critical to ensuring application availability, performance, and scalability. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with L4–L7 technologies, a performance-first mindset, and the ability tooperatein complex, mission-critical environments.

The ideal candidate combines deep technicalexpertisewith business acumen, ensuring that technology strategies align with organizational goals while delivering scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions (L4–L7) to support high-availability applications and services
• Design and implement traffic management strategies including SSL offload, content switching, GSLB, and application acceleration
• Configure and support platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), A10, or cloud-native load balancers
• Optimizeapplication performance through tuning of persistence profiles, health monitors,iRules/policies, and traffic steering logic
• Lead efforts in capacity planning, failover design, and disaster recovery for application delivery infrastructure
• Troubleshoot complex network and application performance issues across multi-tier environments
• Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services
• Implement andmaintainsecure traffic flows, including WAF integration, TLS best practices, and DDoS mitigation strategies
• Automate load balancer provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or vendor APIs
• Develop andmaintaindocumentation, standards, and runbooks for traffic engineering and load balancing practices

Technical Leadership

• Serve asanenterprise-wide authority on technology standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Guidebestpracticesadoption, modernization, and migration initiatives across business units.
• Provide governance for solution design, ensuring compliance, security, and performanceobjectivesare met.
• Mentor engineers and junior architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Implementation & Optimization

• Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), solution prototyping, and production deployments.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps)as needed.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into actionable technology roadmaps.
• Produce architectural diagrams, technical documentation, and executive presentations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on the value andimpactof proposed solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering with a strong focus on load balancing and application delivery
• Hands-on experience with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS), Citrix ADC, A10, or similar
• Strong understanding of DNS, GSLB, and global traffic distribution strategies
• Experience with cloud load balancing in AWS (ALB/NLB), Azure (Application Gateway/Front Door), or GCP
• Familiarity with web application security concepts including WAF, OWASP Top 10, and zero-trust principles
• Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Solid understanding of routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)
• Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, logs, and performance metrics
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Must be locally located and comfortable working a 3 days in office hybrid model and 2 days remote

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution.
• Entrepreneurial andCollaborative mindset
• Leadership skills to influence cross-functional teams.

Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.