F5 Systems Engineer – TS/SCI
About The Position
GDIT is seeking an F5 Engineer to join their team supporting Government activities in Sterling, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD. The role focuses on delivering Network Engineering Services, with responsibilities including 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. The position also involves providing technical documentation, proposing system enhancements, monitoring and troubleshooting platform and OS issues, performing launch testing, collaborating with other technology teams, applying capacity planning, and coordinating equipment orders and upgrades.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a CI poly
- 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
- F5 201 certification
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
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
