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General Dynamics Information Technology•Sterling, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is seeking an F5 Engineer to join their team to support Government activities in Sterling, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD. This role is part of GDIT's Network Engineering Services, focusing on traffic management, F5 Local Traffic Manager, F5 Global Traffic, and Tool Command Language (TcL). The engineer will manage configurations on physical and virtual F5 devices across multiple data centers, participate in developing and supporting customer technical requirements, and plan, design, develop, implement, and operate F5 products like LTM, ASM, BIG-IQ, and APM. Responsibilities also include providing technical documentation, proposing system enhancements, monitoring and troubleshooting platform and OS issues, performing launch testing, collaborating with other technology towers, applying capacity planning changes, addressing performance and scalability issues, and coordinating equipment orders and upgrades.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
Bachelor of Science Degree, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
Must have the F5 201 certification or obtain the certification within 3 months of hire date
Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA Security.
7+ years of relevant F5 experience with F5 LTM, ASM, BIG-IQ, and/or APM administration and life cycle management including experience with advanced iRule creation and troubleshooting
Demonstrates knowledge of a broad range of technology towers i.e.: Storage, Virtualization, Intel, Networking, Data Center Migration and Disaster Recovery
Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting network systems, switching, and routing protocol standards such as: TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, SDN, and 802.1x.
Experience managing and troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and NTP in a large multi-site environment
Knowledge of risk and controls landscape, ensuring company-wide standards are met
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Complex Systems
Information Technology (IT)
Systems Design

Responsibilities

Manages the configuration on multiple physical and virtual F5 across multiple data centers
Participates in the development and support of customer technical requirements
Plans, designs, develops, implements, and operates F5 products such as LTM, ASM, BIG-IQ, and APM
Provides clear technical documentation and written procedures for issues identified and addressed
Proposes and implements system enhancements that improves the performance and reliability of the network security infrastructure
Monitors and troubleshoots platform and OS based problems: network security infrastructure, and connectivity issues
Performs launch testing for new software releases and the introduction of new features
Collaborates with different technology towers to achieve common goals
Applies capacity planning configuration changes as needed
Addresses performance, scalability, and service architecture administration issues
Coordinates equipment orders including physical or virtual appliances, as well as upgrading, monitoring, testing, and servicing the systems as needed

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay
Paid time off
Variety of medical plan options
Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
Full flex work weeks where possible
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance