Sr. Systems Engineer - Load Balancing

Primary Responsibilities:

Subject matter expert in application ingress and load balancing

Design, implement, and support global load balancing topologies in a data center and hybrid cloud environment

Support transition from traditional application stacks to containerization workloads

Support complex infrastructure, application, networking, and security configurations across multiple technology stacks

Partner with networking, security, and operations teams to ensure reliable and secure application delivery

Develop automation, documentation, standards, and operational procedures to improve system reliability and scalability

Lead technical projects, platform upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives

Required Qualifications:

Expert-level hands-on experience with F5 rSeries, virtual appliances, and BIG-IP technologies, including Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Application Security Manager (ASM) / Advanced WAF, SSL/TLS offload and certificate management, high availability and global traffic management concepts, iRules, and traffic engineering

Expert experience implementing and supporting ingress solutions for applications hosted on physical servers, virtual servers, Kubernetes environments, and OpenShift environments

Advanced understanding of physical networking, TCP/IP, DNS, PKI and Certificate Services

Extensive experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), container technologies, Docker and OCI-based containers, and container image management

Strong experience with cloud technologies and architectures, including virtual machines, cloud networking, network security, cloud firewalls, and hybrid cloud environments

Strong experience with NGINX, NGINX Ingress Controller, OpenShift Routes, Kubernetes Ingress, and reverse proxy technologies

Strong hands-on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, container networking, storage integrations, platform operations, and lifecycle management

Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using tools such as PowerShell, Python, Ansible, and Bash

Professional Skills:

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Ability to independently own projects and technical initiatives from design through implementation

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and within a collaborative engineering team

Strong documentation, organizational, and time-management skills

Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to operational excellence

Education and Experience:

Master’s or bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered

Eight or more years of progressive infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or platform engineering experience

Five or more years of experience supporting enterprise application delivery, load balancing, and cloud infrastructure platforms

Three or more years of experience operating Kubernetes and/or OpenShift environments in production

Preferred Certifications:

F5 Certified Technology Specialist (F5-CTS) or F5 Certified Solution Expert (F5-CSE)

Red Hat OpenShift certification

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Azure, AWS, or Oracle Cloud certifications

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)