Lab Network Engineer III
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Job Location:
San Jose, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 120800 - 181200
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Lab Network Engineer III to design build maintain and troubleshoot complex lab network environments that support development testing and validation of networking and systems software. This role requires strong hands-on expertise with networking technologies lab infrastructure automation and crossfunctional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Design deploy and maintain scalable lab network topologies to support engineering QA and SRE teams
- Configure and manage network devices including switches routers firewalls and load balancers
- Support Layer 2/Layer 3 networking routing protocols (BGP OSPF) VLANs VXLAN and network virtualization
- Troubleshoot complex network hardware and connectivity issues in lab environments
- Automate lab provisioning configuration and validation using scripting and automation tools
- Manage lab hardware lifecycle including rack/stack cabling power and inventory
- Collaborate closely with software systems and test teams to enable efficient development and testing workflows
- Document lab designs procedures and operational best practices
- Participate in on-call or escalation support as needed for lab infrastructure
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience
- 7 years of experience in network engineering or lab infrastructure roles
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP DNS DHCP routing and switching concepts
- Hands-on experience with enterprise networking hardware (e.g. Cisco Arista Juniper or similar)
- Proficiency in Linux system administration
- Experience with automation/scripting (Python Bash Ansible etc.)
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting lab environments for networking or systems software development
- Familiarity with container networking virtualization (VMware KVM) and cloud networking concepts
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks
- Exposure to network security concepts and tools
- Experience working across global teams and time zones
Level Expectations (Engineer III)
- Operates independently on complex tasks
- Drives lab design improvements and automation initiatives
- Mentors junior engineers
- Acts as a technical point of contact for lab networking
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $120800.00 - $181200.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with or @).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
F5 application services ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should—in any environment and on any device.
