F5 Systems Engineer

DAn Solutions•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

DAn Solutions is seeking an experienced F5 Systems Engineer to support secure enterprise network infrastructure for a government customer. The role focuses on traffic management, application delivery, system availability, and engineering and administration of F5 technologies across multiple data centers. The position is onsite in Annapolis Junction, Maryland; Colorado Springs, Colorado; or Sterling, Virginia, and requires an existing active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph. Remote work is not available. The engineer will configure, administer, troubleshoot, design, deploy, and maintain physical and virtual F5 appliances and related solutions, including LTM, ASM, BIG-IQ, and APM. Work includes supporting global and advanced traffic management, monitoring network security infrastructure and platform performance, planning capacity, optimizing configurations, testing releases and upgrades, coordinating maintenance, and collaborating with networking, infrastructure, virtualization, and security teams. The position requires DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification compliance, experience with enterprise network infrastructure, strong F5 knowledge, and familiarity with networking protocols and large multi-site services. The F5 Certified Administrator certification is required or must be obtained within three months of hire, followed by one targeted F5 module certification within an additional 90 days. Compensation depends on labor category and qualifications; no salary figures are provided.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph.
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification compliance.
Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure.
Strong knowledge of F5 technologies, including LTM and related modules.
Knowledge of TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, SDN, and 802.1X.
Experience with DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and NTP in large, multi-site environments.
Understanding of enterprise storage, virtualization, networking, data center migration, and disaster recovery.
Knowledge of security controls and compliance requirements.
Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation.
F5 Certified Administrator certification, or ability to obtain it within three months of hire.
One targeted F5 module certification (LTM, DNS, ASM, or APM) within an additional 90 days.
Work onsite; remote work is not available.

Nice To Haves

The ideal candidate has strong hands-on enterprise traffic management, network troubleshooting, application delivery, and secure infrastructure experience.

Responsibilities

Configure, administer, and troubleshoot physical and virtual F5 appliances across multiple data centers.
Design, deploy, and maintain F5 solutions, including Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Application Security Manager (ASM), BIG-IQ, and Access Policy Manager (APM).
Support global traffic management and advanced traffic management capabilities.
Develop technical requirements, system documentation, and operating procedures.
Monitor and troubleshoot network security infrastructure, connectivity, and platform performance.
Recommend and implement improvements to system reliability, security, and performance.
Test new software releases, upgrades, and platform features.
Perform capacity planning and configuration optimization.
Collaborate with networking, infrastructure, virtualization, and security teams.
Coordinate hardware and virtual appliance upgrades, testing, and maintenance.