Senior Network Engineer - F5 Load Balancing

About the role

The Infosys Financial Services unit is a global leader in driving digital transformation for financial institutions. We specialize in leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, cloud, and data-led innovation to help our clients accelerate growth and unlock business value. Our AI-driven solutions empower financial institutions to make smarter decisions, enhance customer experiences, and achieve operational excellence. Join us to be part of a pioneering team that is at the forefront of financial services transformation. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies, collaborate with industry experts, and contribute to transformative projects across banking, wealth management, and insurance sectors. If you're passionate about AI and eager to make a significant impact, the Infosys Financial Services unit is the perfect place for you to grow and excel.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and client teams to resolve complex incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and document findings with preventive recommendations
• Participate in evaluation of client IT infrastructure, prepare actionable assessment reports, and support due diligence to document infrastructure maturity and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to the design of scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure solutions, review reusable components, and develop technical documentation for deployed systems
• Align release schedules and environment readiness, execute deployments as per protocols, perform post-deployment testing, and manage version control to track changes
• Co-ordinate maintenance schedules, emergency fixes, and technology upgrades while ensuring uninterrupted integration into existing systems and processes
• Facilitate performance data analysis across systems, coordinate insights on system behavior, and support capacity planning to optimize performance
• Conduct security checks, recovery drills, and compliance audits, implement security measures, and coordinate continuity plans to maintain adherence to standards
• Gather feedback to identify automation opportunities, analyze existing infrastructure processes, and propose enhancements for efficiency gains
• Act as liaison with onsite, offshore, and vendor teams to document project requirements, ensuring effective collaboration
• Develop a centralized repository of technical and procedural knowledge, leveraging insights from other projects to drive efficiency and retain organizational expertise

Skills

• A collaborative spirit and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to handle complex incidents and implement resolutions
• A knack for conducting IT infrastructure assessment and identifying key optimization opportunities
• Focused approach towards deployment management, system optimization, and process automation initiatives including sector specific focus
• The ability to work with cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Experience in F5 Load Balancers
• Experience in F5 LTM (Local Traffic Manager)
• Experience in F5 GTM (Global Traffic Manager / DNS)
• Experience in Palo Alto Firewalls - Advanced level
• Experience in Cisco routing/switching - Advanced to intermediate
• Automation

Preferred Skills

• Terraform (highly desired)
• Ansible
• Networking & Security Firewall expertise (especially Palo Alto)
• Cisco routing knowledge
• Cloud Experience in any:
  • AWS Cloud Front
  • Azure Cloud (Network layer, firewalls, load balancers)
  • GCP (Network layer, firewalls, load balancers)
• Familiarity with CloudFront
• Other (Lower Priority):
  • F5 ASM / WAF knowledge (optional, not core)
  • GlobalProtect Awareness (not Required, Handled By Another Team)
  • ServiceNow or similar ticket management
  • JIRA or similar Automation tools, i.e. Ansible Automation Platform
  • Terraform Experience in Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education. This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location. All applicants authorized to work in the United States are encouraged to apply.

Pay

The estimated annual compensation for this role in Reston, Virginia, will be $81,447 to $105,881.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts