Load Balancing Engineer - Hybrid

MSP•Plano, TX

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking an experienced Load Balancing Engineer for a hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution in Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. The Network Services Delivery & Operations organization is looking for an engineer to support the Load Balancing infrastructure. The role involves building relationships with Line of Businesses (LOB), collaborating with a global team of load balancing engineers, and enhancing the Service Request Fulfillment (SRF) process and standards to ensure the health and welfare of the client's Load Balancing infrastructure.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of F5 LTM and GTM
1 or more years of F5 APM and ASM experience
1 or more years AVI/VMware experience
CCNP, F5 201, and/or demonstrate equivalent work experience
Must be able to effectively troubleshoot advanced networking issues in a complex environment with knowledge of commonly used protocols (BGP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, and SSL)
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with other technical areas to define complex configuration designs
Subject matter expertise of load balancer, DNS, SSL off loader
Functional understanding of F5's API iControl and application integration
Must have expertise in application switching and traffic management, deep knowledge of application requirements (such as persistence), understand SSL offload and implementation of SSL certificate and Key, and web acceleration and TCP optimization
Understanding of SSL Certificate Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) in the SSL Certificate and KEY management and rollover process
Expertise in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level network security technologies
Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to present at an executive level
Experience managing large, globally dispersed teams of engineers
5-7+ years network engineering and/or technology management experience
Ability to interact with clients at all levels

Nice To Haves

Experience with root cause analysis, risk mitigation, security assessments, analysis of security threats, trends and architecture
Functional knowledge of F5 advanced feature modules including Web Accelerator, Application Security Module, and Application Policy Module
Firm understanding of IT Service Management processes, ITIL Certification preferred
Python development experience and bash scripting experience
Use of mitigation methods including use of network Packet filters and iRules
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions
Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward
Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs – is a continuous learner
Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end lifecycle and delivery of Application Delivery infrastructure
Create designs based on industry best practices, engineering standards and security principles
Ensure security controls are implemented and operating effectively as part of solutions delivery
Lifecycle management – code upgrades, vulnerability patching and EOL replacement programs
Create detailed implementation plans and runbooks for downstream execution teams
Manage a wide variety of technology infrastructure and business aligned projects
Collaborate with engineering and operations teams from service design through operations transition process for new services
Perform design validation and QA testing of new services to ensure successful production deployment
Maintain KPI standards by meeting SLA
Reduce change related incidents by maintaining peer review and implementation standards
Metrics reporting and presentation to senior leadership teams

Benefits

Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)