Senior Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions (L4–L7) to support high-availability applications and services
• Design and implement traffic management strategies including SSL offload, content switching, GSLB, and application acceleration
• Configure and support platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), A10, or cloud-native load balancers
• Optimize application performance through tuning of persistence profiles, health monitors, iRules/policies, and traffic steering logic
• Lead efforts in capacity planning, failover design, and disaster recovery for application delivery infrastructure
• Troubleshoot complex network and application performance issues across multi-tier environments
• Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services
• Implement and maintain secure traffic flows, including WAF integration, TLS best practices, and DDoS mitigation strategies
• Automate load balancer provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or vendor APIs
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and runbooks for traffic engineering and load balancing practices
• Technical Leadership: Serve as an enterprise-wide authority on technology standards, patterns, and best practices. Guide best practices adoption, modernization, and migration initiatives across business units. Provide governance for solution design, ensuring compliance, security, and performance objectives are met. Mentor engineers and junior architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Implementation & Optimization: Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), solution prototyping, and production deployments. Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps) as needed. Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into actionable technology roadmaps. Produce architectural diagrams, technical documentation, and executive presentations. Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on the value and impact of proposed solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering with a strong focus on load balancing and application delivery
• Deep expertise in L4–L7 networking concepts, including HTTP/S, TCP optimization, persistence, and SSL/TLS
• Hands-on experience with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS), Citrix ADC, A10, or similar
• Strong understanding of DNS, GSLB, and global traffic distribution strategies
• Familiarity with cloud load balancing in AWS (ALB/NLB), Azure (Application Gateway/Front Door), or GCP
• Familiarity with web application security concepts including WAF, OWASP Top 10, and zero-trust principles
• Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Solid understanding of routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)
• Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, logs, and performance metrics
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Must be locally located and comfortable working a 3 days in office hybrid model and 2 days remote