Senior Load Balancing Engineer

Bank of America•Plano, TX

2d•$70,000 - $134,100•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Position Summary: This position is for a Load balancing engineer who will be working in the Consumer banking space. Main responsibilities include working with application developers, network and security engineers as well as project managers on deploying F5 load balancer solutions that vary in complexity to meet the application needs

Requirements

5+ years of IT experience, specifically with network scripting and programming
Considered a SME for load balancing specifically F5 Networks and VMWare AVI
Strong network background including engineering, design and troubleshooting skills
Strong network and application security background: understand application flows and underlying networks
Programming and scripting knowledge including Python, Perl, Java, Javascript

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing and optimizing automation frameworks for F5 or AVI, including integration with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)
Demonstrated ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex application traffic flows, including SSL/TLS offloading, TCP optimization, and advanced application delivery policies
Strong ability to translate business or application requirements into scalable, resilient, and secure load‑balancing architectures, with an emphasis on high availability and disaster recovery design
Strong communication and networking skills

Responsibilities

working with application developers, network and security engineers as well as project managers on deploying F5 load balancer solutions that vary in complexity to meet the application needs
Lead and design application infrastructure integration framework, outline best practices and standards
Participates in project calls and works with internal bank groups as well as LOB to gather detailed technical requirements
Responsible for High Level design as it pertains to load balancing infrastructure and changes
Responsible for Low Level design (configuration details, hands on experience is required) for load balancing
Able to perform implementations or provide necessary details to handover to implementation team as required
Provides Level 3 support and direction for production related issues
Responsible for documentation of end to end load balancing design
Establishes capacity/threshold management plan and details for Work Load Management
Works with external vendors (F5) for chronic issues, bugs, feature enhancements
Participates and provide guidance for new feature enhancements, code and certification
Helps with lifecycle management of load balancing product set