Senior. Network Engineer

Verra Mobility•Mesa, AZ

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Overview: The Senior Network Engineer (Load Balancing) will be responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade load balancing and traffic management solutions across on-prem and cloud environments. This role is critical to ensuring application availability, performance, and scalability. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with L4–L7 technologies, a performance-first mindset, and the ability to operate in complex, mission-critical environments. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with business acumen, ensuring that technology strategies align with organizational goals while delivering scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in network engineering with a strong focus on load balancing and application delivery
Deep expertise in L4–L7 networking concepts, including HTTP/S, TCP optimization, persistence, and SSL/TLS
Hands-on experience with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS), Citrix ADC, A10, or similar
Strong understanding of DNS, GSLB, and global traffic distribution strategies
Experience with cloud load balancing in AWS (ALB/NLB), Azure (Application Gateway/Front Door), or GCP
Familiarity with web application security concepts including WAF, OWASP Top 10, and zero-trust principles
Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tools
Solid understanding of routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)
Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, logs, and performance metrics
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Must be locally located and comfortable working a 3 days in office hybrid model and 2 days remote
Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution.
Entrepreneurial and Collaborative mindset
Leadership skills to influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions (L4–L7) to support high-availability applications and services
Design and implement traffic management strategies including SSL offload, content switching, GSLB, and application acceleration
Configure and support platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), A10, or cloud-native load balancers
Optimize application performance through tuning of persistence profiles, health monitors, iRules/policies, and traffic steering logic
Lead efforts in capacity planning, failover design, and disaster recovery for application delivery infrastructure
Troubleshoot complex network and application performance issues across multi-tier environments
Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services
Implement and maintain secure traffic flows, including WAF integration, TLS best practices, and DDoS mitigation strategies
Automate load balancer provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or vendor APIs
Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and runbooks for traffic engineering and load balancing practices
Serve as an enterprise-wide authority on technology standards, patterns, and best practices.
Guide best practices adoption, modernization, and migration initiatives across business units.
Provide governance for solution design, ensuring compliance, security, and performance objectives are met.
Mentor engineers and junior architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), solution prototyping, and production deployments.
Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps) as needed.
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into actionable technology roadmaps.
Produce architectural diagrams, technical documentation, and executive presentations.
Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on the value and impact of proposed solutions.