Load Balancing Engineer 180773

CTI Consulting • Westlake, TX

1d

About The Position

The Load Balancing Engineer is responsible for F5 and AVI load-balancing design and for providing secure connectivity solutions across the enterprise. The role creates enterprise solutions, enables customer connectivity, secures the environment through tactical change management, and works across organizations to consult on and deliver services. It uses IT service management methodologies to deliver technology services that meet business needs.

The engineer leads, supports, and designs load-balancing solutions for critical applications running on-premises, with multiple cloud service providers, and in hybrid environments. The position advises business partners on technology options, resolves complex application traffic management issues, and provides shift-oriented operational support in collaboration with network operations and engineering teams. The role supports 24x7 availability and may require schedule adjustments for planned evening and weekend work.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of engineering experience installing, configuring, and supporting load-balancing technologies.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting hybrid load-balancing infrastructure across on-premises and multiple cloud service providers, and cloud-based load-balancing services such as ALBs and GSLBs.
• AWS and/or Azure cloud network engineering experience.
• Deep knowledge of traffic management platforms.
• Network engineering and troubleshooting skills.
• Application traffic analysis skills.
• Knowledge of enterprise security policies and best practices.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and frameworks.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and to lead a project.
• Enjoys working directly with customers and solving their technical problems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with F5 and/or Broadcom AVI load-balancing technologies.
• Automation experience with tools or languages such as Ansible and Python; noted as a plus, not required.
• Experience with routing protocols and technologies such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF, and VPNs.
• Network certifications; noted as a plus, not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and design F5 and load-balancing solutions for critical applications in on-premises, multi-cloud-service-provider, and hybrid environments.
• Advise business partners on standard methodologies and technology-platform options.
• Resolve complex issues in the application traffic management environment, including F5 and AVI.
• Provide shift-oriented operations support in collaboration with network operations and network engineering teams.
• Work with business partners and Network Services teams to ensure 24x7 availability.
• Adjust work schedules as needed to support planned evening and weekend work.
• Craft enterprise solutions, enable customer connectivity, and secure the environment through tactical change management.
• Consult and collaborate across organizational boundaries to deliver information technology services that meet business needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed