RQ07413 - Infrastructure Integration Specialist NS - Senior

Deliverable: Systems Deployment Operations and Management.

The Resource will act as the Subject Matter Expert on enterprise F5 Application Delivery Controller

hardware software and functions to ensure all F5 s in (Application Hosting Services On Premise andPublic Cloud Services) are running at current code (N1) cleanup of all unused Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (VCMP s) assess all F5 builds report areas that may require improvement and options to reduce the F5 footprint in AHS environment as the Ministry transitions to cloud.

The Resource will need to have a Networking background where they will be well versed in routing and switching in an enterprise environment.

The Resource will act as a technical subjectmatter expert on a variety of projects as well as providing support for daytoday operations. This includes change problem and incident management.

Responsibilities:

• Lead F5 application delivery initiatives for Application Hosting Services On Premise OPS cloud and AHS environments document processes and procedures.
  

Reviewing the present F5 environment to find areas for optimization and will assist the team as required to:

• Integrate and secure cloud services for applications.
  
• Provide Operational Support for Networking/Security for GDC/Colo1/2/3 and /OPCS/Perimeter Fw for Azure and AWS.
  
• Daily operational changes Incident/problem management.
  
• Provide on call/standby support when required.
  
• Closure of tickets in a timely manner Keeping clients/management up to date on ticket status.
  
• Must adhere to Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics device maintenance.
  
• Providing technical MoP for all changes. ability to provide acquire network captures and articulate/document capture and point or root cause.
  
• Ability to work on Network/Security Project Initiatives along with running the business activities.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Experience with F5 VIPRION in an enterprise environment 20%

Parameters:

• GTM and LTM Physical virtGTM and LTM Physical virtual devices VMware Cloud (AWS Azure Google) integration experience.
  
• Core CapabilitiesF5 GIG IQ Central Management and deployment Modern Authentication Using SAML OAuth and OIDC.
  
• Webapp proxy Centralizes authentication authorization and endpoint inspection via web app proxy.
  
• Identity federation MFA and SSO Federates identity drives adaptive multifactor authentication (supporting FIDO U2F and RADIUS protocols) and enables single signon to all apps. Secure API Secures authentication for REST APIs integrating OpenAPI (or Swagger) files. various project being worked on.
  
• Demonstration of leading projects and initiatives end to end (technical and nontechnical devices VMware Cloud (AWS Azure Google) integration experience.
  
• Secure API Secures authentication for REST APIs integrating OpenAPI (or Swagger) files.
  

2. Specific Roles Experience in deploying configuring and managing F5 Instances 20%

Parameters:

• Creating a tenant Name AS3 declaration (High Tenant/low applications) levels grouping.
  
• Distributed cloud services WAF DDoS Bot Defense API Security Clientside Defense
  
• Fraud and Risk Aggregator Management Data intelligence.
  
• MultiCloud Networking Network and App connect.
  
• Performance and Reliability App Stack DNS and DNS load balancer CDN synthetic monitoring VCMP IRules APM Back end Servers VIP monitor for equal traffic distribution. Enterprise scale projects problem resolution skills identifying/communicating the issue .
  
• BigIP Security Access Policy Manager Advanced Firewall Manager Advanced WAF CarrieGrade NAT DDoS Hybrid Defender SSL orchestrator.
  

3. Experience with the technologies and tools of Networking Security and Tools 15%

Parameters:

• Networking Cisco Nexus 9k 7k 5k 3k fex vdc vPC nxos ACI apic fabric spine leaf end point group epg contract tenant vxlan F5 gtm ltm virtual server pools nodes irules profiles health monitors DNS load balancing apm access policy manager sso nac app proxy waf.
  
• Security Check Point policy state app control id awareness smart event (logging) smart console security management server ASA/ Firepower firepower h/a snort cpu profiles vFW fmc IPS logging amp Palo Alto panorama appID userID wildfire threat prevention url filter autofocus global protect VPN vm series vwire routed mode vsys
  
• Tools NNMI HPNA Nexus Insight Netscout Elastic AlgoSec Ansible.
  

4. Experience in Daily Operational Activities and Communication with Stakeholders 15%

Parameters:

• Demonstrated knowledge and operational support able to address tickets in a timely manner.
  
• Prioritize tickets to meet SLA update tickets weekly to to avoid stale tickets. Reaching out to client via email IM Phone.
  
• CM assess tickets for missing details address any issues during the assessment stage avoiding deals during the implementation window.
  
• Review environment pre and post change.
  
• IM prioritize tickets base on the severity. P1/P2 calls join bridge ASAP request details from client assess environment and provide finding. Attempt to first rule out networking/security devices then work with client to determine root cause. Engage vendors lead bridge with vendors provide regular updates to management.
  
• Review networking tools take pack captures. Update the worklogs with finding.
  
• PM assess the issue recommendations who needs to be on the call work with the various teams and vendors to find root cause reach out the members on the team for input.