Network Engineer

Navy Federal Credit Union•Vienna, VA

2d•$81,200 - $136,850•Onsite

About The Position

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join its Network Delivery team as a senior technical resource responsible for designing, implementing, supporting, automating, and lifecycle-managing enterprise application delivery and DNS services. The role focuses on F5 BIG-IP, F5 rSeries, and Infoblox DNS/IPAM technologies supporting mission-critical applications across on-premises and cloud environments. It combines advanced operational support, engineering, platform modernization, automation, architecture, and technical leadership. The engineer provides Tier 4/5 support, leads engineering initiatives, and designs and maintains application-delivery, traffic-management, high-availability, and disaster-recovery solutions. The role also supports Infoblox DNS, DHCP, and IPAM platforms; troubleshoots complex infrastructure issues; leads platform refreshes and migrations; and develops automation using tools such as Ansible, Python, REST APIs, and Infrastructure as Code. The engineer collaborates with application, security, cloud, infrastructure, and operations teams, contributes to technical standards and documentation, and mentors junior engineers. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Participation in a rotating 24x7 on-call schedule is required, along with occasional after-hours support for maintenance, upgrades, migrations, and critical incident response. The position is available at locations in Vienna, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; and San Diego, California. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience with application delivery, load balancing, DNS, and enterprise networking technologies.
Strong hands-on experience engineering, administering, and supporting F5 BIG-IP environments, particularly LTM and DNS/GTM.
Strong understanding of load balancing, application delivery, DNS, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, high availability, and enterprise networking.
Experience supporting Infoblox DNS/DHCP/IPAM environments.
Experience supporting and troubleshooting large-scale, highly available, production-critical enterprise infrastructure.
Ability to troubleshoot complex application delivery, DNS, load-balancing, and network connectivity issues.
Experience providing advanced Tier 4/5 engineering support and leading complex implementations, migrations, upgrades, infrastructure refreshes, and modernization initiatives.
Strong documentation, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring capabilities.
Ability to work effectively across application, security, cloud, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Authorization to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience administering F5 rSeries platforms.
Experience with automation and orchestration technologies, including Ansible, Python, REST APIs, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and ServiceNow integrations.
Experience supporting cloud and hybrid-cloud environments, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Knowledge of cloud networking, load balancing, DNS, hybrid connectivity, and application delivery.
F5 Certified Administrator (F5-CA), F5 Certified Technology Specialist (F5-CTS), or equivalent practical experience.
Infoblox certification or equivalent practical experience.
Relevant cloud or networking certifications.

Responsibilities

Provide Tier 4/5 engineering and operational support for enterprise F5 and DNS infrastructure, ensuring stability, availability, and performance of critical business services.
Lead F5 and DNS engineering initiatives across development, test, and production environments.
Design, implement, configure, and support F5 BIG-IP LTM and DNS/GTM, SSL offloading and certificate management, application delivery and traffic management solutions, and high-availability and disaster-recovery architectures.
Deploy, administer, and maintain F5 rSeries platforms, including provisioning, tenant management, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle planning.
Administer and support Infoblox DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (IPAM/DDI) platforms.
Troubleshoot complex load-balancing, DNS, application connectivity, and network-related issues.
Lead platform refreshes, migrations, upgrades, and infrastructure modernization efforts.
Develop and enhance automation solutions using Ansible, Python, REST APIs, and Infrastructure as Code.
Serve as a technical leader for F5 architecture, application delivery, and enterprise traffic-management solutions.
Evaluate emerging F5 and DNS capabilities and recommend adoption strategies.
Partner with application, cloud, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver scalable and resilient solutions.
Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and problem management activities.
Develop and maintain engineering standards, technical documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team’s technical roadmap and best practices.
Participate in a rotating 24x7 on-call support schedule and provide occasional after-hours support for maintenance, upgrades, migrations, and critical incident response.
Remain cognizant of and adhere to Navy Federal policies, procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.