Lead, F5 Engineer

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Administer operate and maintain F5 BIG-IP platforms including LTM ASM/Advanced WAF APM and DNS/GTM.
Design and support load balancing SSL offload traffic steering persistence and high-availability (HA) configurations.
Perform system upgrades patching backups and routine health checks.
Monitor performance availability and capacity to ensure SLA compliance.
Operate and manage F5 Distributed Cloud (XC Cloud) services including application delivery global load balancing and web application & API protection.
Integrate F5 XC Cloud with on-prem BIG-IP environments in hybrid and multi-cloud designs.
Troubleshoot application connectivity latency and security incidents across distributed environments.
Configure and tune Web Application Firewall (ASM / Advanced WAF) security policies.
Support access and authentication integrations such as SSO LDAP Oauth2 Active Directory RADIUS and SAML.
Develop and maintain iRules to meet application traffic requirements.
iRuleLX knowledge is considered advanced and optional used only for complex integrations.
Provide Tier 2/3 operational support and participate in on-call or escalation rotations as required.
Maintain technical documentation configurations and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications
5 years of hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP in production environments.

• Strong experience with LTM (mandatory) ASM/Advanced WAF APM and DNS/GTM.
• LTM (mandatory)
• ASM / Advanced WAF
• APM
• DNS/GTM (mandatory)

Strong understanding of F5 ASM / Advanced WAF concepts including security policy creation and tuning positive and negative security models signature management false-positive reduction attack mitigation (OWASP Top 10) and analysis of security logs and violation reports in production environments.
Practical experience with F5 Distributed Cloud (XC Cloud) or strong ability to ramp up quickly.
Solid understanding of TCP/IP OSI model HTTP/HTTPS and SSL/TLS certificates.
Experience troubleshooting application and network-layer issues.
Familiarity with Linux system fundamentals.
Experience creating and troubleshooting iRules.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP).
Knowledge of API security and modern application architectures.
Exposure to Zero Trust or edge security concepts.
Preferred Certification
F5 Certified Administrator (CA).
F5 Certified Technology Specialist (CTS LTM or Security).
Cloud or security certifications are an advantage.
Experience Level
Mid-Level: Independent operational ownership of F5 platforms.
Senior: Architecture input mentoring and cross-domain technical leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

Related work experience of 5 years; Bachelors Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years. Must have working experience in a Enterprise work environment.

We offer a competitive family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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