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. The ideal Leand 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.
Key Responsibilities
F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) Administration
Provisioning and configuration of BIG-IP DNS/GTM
Wide IP configuration and validation
BIG-IP DNS software upgrades
NGINX Plus Administration
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
Azure Networking
Azure Load Balancers
NGINXaaS in Azure
Automation
Terraform
Ansible
YAML
Jinja2 templates
GitHub-based workflows
Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies
Operational automation
Reviewing, troubleshooting, enhancing, and maintaining existing automation frameworks
Providing recommendations for scalability, resiliency, and operational best practices
Integration with an Arista-based BGP Anycast architecture
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
BGP Routing
Arista Switching environments
Required Qualifications
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
BGP routing
Arista switching environments
Terraform
Ansible
YAML
Jinja2 templates
GitHub-based workflows
Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies
Operational automation
Reviewing, troubleshooting, enhancing, and maintaining existing automation frameworks
Providing recommendations for scalability, resiliency, and operational best practices
Azure networking
Azure Load Balancers
NGINXaaS in Azure
Preferred Qualifications
None mentioned
Certifications
None mentioned
