Network Engineer

Description

The client is seeking a network engineer with expertise in load balancing platforms such as F5, AVI, and Service Mesh. This individual will work with F5/Avi configurations and develop new solutions with Service Mesh. Responsibilities include assisting multiple clients with their migrations (DC Exit, OCP, and F5 to Avi), implementing new capabilities, and scripting related to load balancers, web servers, and CDN. The role involves troubleshooting and resolving issues within the team’s network infrastructure, collaborating with the Architecture and Platform Support teams to design and implement solutions. Given the understaffed networking side, support is crucial. Experience with cloud platforms (GCP or Azure) is a plus, although most applications are still on private cloud (PCF).

Skills

Network engineering, f5, load balancing, Service mesh, AVI, NGINX, Apache, Akamai CDN, gcp, azure, Openshift, Kubernetes, cloud

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Past Experience

• Ideal candidates have a background in financial services (e.g., Charles Schwab, Visa, BoA.

• Architectural experience is a plus but not required.

• The role is purely technical and not business-facing.

• Specialization in network engineering is essential.

• Preference for candidates who are flexible and willing to learn new platforms

Projects

The individual will work on multiple migration projects and initiatives

Typical Client Requests

• Setting up new web servers

• Adding new content to web servers

• Rule changes for Akamai CDN

• Data scripting

• Migrating iRules to Avi

• Service Mesh implementation

Challenging aspects of the role

• Writing data scripts

• iRule configuration

• Managing changes in load balancing that can impact and disrupt applications across the organization

Common Shortcomings with consultants

Candidates often struggle with advanced load balancing tasks, such as developing iRules, writing data scripts, and integrating systems. They will be diving deep into technical questions regarding load balancing, web servers and network engineering