Lead Network Engineer

Job Summary:

* We are seeking a Lead Network Engineer with deep expertise in F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) BIG-IQ NGINX Plus Azure networking and Infrastructure-as-Code automation.

* The Lead Engineer will support a multi-site enterprise load balancing and DNS environment including provisioning and configuration of two new F5 BIG-IP DNS standalone nodes software upgrades on four BIG-IP DNS nodes and one BIG-IQ management platform validation of Wide IP and DNS configurations and integration with an Arista-based BGP Anycast architecture.

* The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM administration BIG-IQ lifecycle management BGP routing and Arista switching environments.

* In addition to F5 expertise the consultant must possess extensive NGINX Plus experience including NGINX as a Service (NGINXaaS) in Azure Azure Load Balancers high-availability NGINX deployments custom server farms and production application delivery environments.

* This is a highly automated infrastructure requiring advanced experience with Terraform Ansible YAML Jinja2 templates GitHub-based workflows Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies and operational automation.

* The consultant should be comfortable reviewing troubleshooting enhancing and maintaining existing automation frameworks while providing recommendations for scalability resiliency and operational best practices.

Environment Overview:

* Four F5 BIG-IP DNS standalone nodes across two data center locations; one BIG-IQ management platform; Arista-based BGP Anycast architecture; NGINX Plus deployed as a front end to Azure Load Balancers; approximately 20 production NGINX Plus clusters deployed as HA pairs supporting enterprise LTM services; infrastructure managed through Terraform Ansible YAML Jinja2 templates GitHub and VS Code.

* The ideal Lead Engineer will be capable of independently leading provisioning upgrades integration automation troubleshooting and operational optimization efforts across F5 NGINX Plus Azure and network infrastructure platforms.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

* Potential for contract extension.

* Will consider candidates within 50 miles of Evansville IN or Baltimore MD.

Mandatory Skills:

* F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) Administration Provisioning and configuration of BIG-IP DNS/GTM Wide IP configuration and validation NGINX Plus NGINX Plus administration and support High-availability (HA) NGINX deployments Production application delivery environments Custom server farm configuration NGINX troubleshooting and optimization DNS load balancing and traffic management Troubleshooting DNS and GTM services BIG-IP DNS software upgrades