# F5 Load Balance Network Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Alexandria, VA, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $73,450.00 - $132,775.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a F5 Load Balance Network Engineer to support a large enterprise IT contract for the DOD. This role involves implementing, operating, and maintaining load balancer technologies in a global enterprise across multiple networks.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Ensuring Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) offloading and brokering PKI authentication features provided by the F5 appliance is operational at all times

- Backing up load balancing configurations and PKI certificates in accordance with customer policies

- Alerting load balancing and reverse proxy customers prior to PKI certificate expiration and assisting with certificate renewals as necessary

- Creating, managing, and troubleshooting load balanced IP address spaces

- Developing and implementing technical solutions in collaboration with engineers and architects

- Providing after-hours support to 24/7/365 IT Operations Center personnel to assist with troubleshooting service outages

- Developing and updating technical solutions, operating procedures, and other documentation for 24/7/365 IT Operations Center personnel to assist with initial troubleshooting and triage efforts

The ideal candidate will have:

- Experience administering and managing F5 load balancer appliances in an enterprise environment

- Knowledge of standards, concepts, and tools to complete technology monitoring and management of F5 appliances

- Technical knowledge backing up PKI certificates and appliance configurations

- Experience creating, managing, and troubleshooting load balanced IP address spaces

- Experience working independently in support of customer requirements

- Experience interfacing with team members on requirements and solutions

- Familiarity with IT Service Management products such as ServiceNow

Certifications:

- DoDM 8140.03 (previously DoD 8570) – IT System Admin Intermediate certification requirements (Cloud+, GICSP, SSCP, Security+ CE, GSEC, or higher)

- F5 Certified Administrator (201) or higher certification

Education:

- High School Diploma with 8+ years of relevant experience, Associate’s with 6+ years of experience, Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 2 years of experience

Security Clearance:

- US Citizenship is required

- TS/SCI with Poly required for Position or TS/SCI and willingness to get a poly

The pay range for this position is $73,450.00 - $132,775.00.

## Skills

### Required
- F5 load balancer
- SSL/TLS
- PKI authentication
- load balancing configurations
- IT Service Management

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