Lead Network Engineer

Delan Associates•Baltimore, IN

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead Network Engineer with deep expertise in F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM), BIG-IQ, NGINX Plus, Azure networking, and Infrastructure-as-Code automation. The Lead Engineer will support a multi-site enterprise load balancing and DNS environment, including provisioning and configuration of two new F5 BIG-IP DNS standalone nodes, software upgrades on four BIG-IP DNS nodes and one BIG-IQ management platform, validation of Wide IP and DNS configurations, and integration with an Arista-based BGP Anycast architecture. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM administration, BIG-IQ lifecycle management, BGP routing, and Arista switching environments. In addition to F5 expertise, the consultant must possess extensive NGINX Plus experience, including NGINX as a Service (NGINXaaS) in Azure, Azure Load Balancers, high-availability NGINX deployments, custom server farms, and production application delivery environments. This is a highly automated infrastructure, requiring advanced experience with Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Jinja2 templates, GitHub-based workflows, Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies, and operational automation. The consultant should be comfortable reviewing, troubleshooting, enhancing, and maintaining existing automation frameworks while providing recommendations for scalability, resiliency, and operational best practices. The ideal Lead Engineer will be capable of independently leading provisioning, upgrades, integration, automation, troubleshooting, and operational optimization efforts across F5, NGINX Plus, Azure, and network infrastructure platforms.

Requirements

Deep expertise in F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM), BIG-IQ, NGINX Plus, Azure networking, and Infrastructure-as-Code automation.
Strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM administration.
Experience with BIG-IQ lifecycle management.
Experience with BGP routing.
Experience with Arista switching environments.
Extensive NGINX Plus experience.
Experience with NGINX as a Service (NGINXaaS) in Azure.
Experience with Azure Load Balancers.
Experience with high-availability NGINX deployments.
Experience with custom server farms.
Experience with production application delivery environments.
Advanced experience with Terraform.
Advanced experience with Ansible.
Advanced experience with YAML.
Advanced experience with Jinja2 templates.
Advanced experience with GitHub-based workflows.
Advanced experience with Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
Advanced experience with operational automation.
F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) Administration.
Provisioning and configuration of BIG-IP DNS/GTM.
Wide IP configuration and validation.
NGINX Plus administration and support.
Production application delivery environments.
Custom server farm configuration.
NGINX troubleshooting and optimization.
DNS load balancing and traffic management.
Troubleshooting DNS and GTM services.
BIG-IP DNS software upgrades.

Nice To Haves

Candidates within 50 miles of Evansville IN or Baltimore MD will be considered.

Responsibilities

Support a multi-site enterprise load balancing and DNS environment.
Provision and configure two new F5 BIG-IP DNS standalone nodes.
Perform software upgrades on four BIG-IP DNS nodes and one BIG-IQ management platform.
Validate Wide IP and DNS configurations.
Integrate with an Arista-based BGP Anycast architecture.
Administer and support NGINX Plus.
Deploy and manage high-availability NGINX deployments.
Configure custom server farms.
Troubleshoot and optimize NGINX.
Perform DNS load balancing and traffic management.
Troubleshoot DNS and GTM services.
Perform BIG-IP DNS software upgrades.
Review, troubleshoot, enhance, and maintain existing automation frameworks.
Provide recommendations for scalability, resiliency, and operational best practices.
Lead provisioning, upgrades, integration, automation, troubleshooting, and operational optimization efforts across F5, NGINX Plus, Azure, and network infrastructure platforms.