Job Description/Preferred Qualifications :

- Administer, operate, and maintain F5 BIG-IP platforms including LTM, ASM/Advanced WAF, APM, and DNS/GTM.

- Design and support load balancing, SSL offload, traffic steering, persistence, and high-availability (HA) configurations.

- Perform system upgrades, patching, backups, and routine health checks.

- Monitor performance, availability, and capacity to ensure SLA compliance.

- Operate and manage F5 Distributed Cloud (XC Cloud) services including application delivery, global load balancing, and web application & API protection.

- Integrate F5 XC Cloud with on-prem BIG-IP environments in hybrid and multi-cloud designs.

- Troubleshoot application connectivity, latency, and security incidents across distributed environments.

- Configure and tune Web Application Firewall (ASM / Advanced WAF) security policies.

- Support access and authentication integrations such as SSO, LDAP, Oauth2, Active Directory, RADIUS, and SAML.

- Develop and maintain iRules to meet application traffic requirements.

- iRuleLX knowledge is considered advanced and optional, used only for complex integrations.

- Provide Tier 2/3 operational support and participate in on-call or escalation rotations as required.

- Maintain technical documentation, configurations, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications :

- 6 years of hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP in production environments.

- Strong experience with LTM (mandatory), ASM/Advanced WAF, APM, and DNS/GTM.

- LTM (mandatory).

- ASM / Advanced WAF.

- APM.

- DNS/GTM (mandatory).

- Strong understanding of F5 ASM / Advanced WAF concepts, including security policy creation and tuning, positive and negative security models, signature management, false-positive reduction, attack mitigation (OWASP Top 10), and analysis of security logs and violation reports in production environments.

- Practical experience with F5 Distributed Cloud (XC Cloud) or strong ability to ramp up quickly.

- Solid understanding of TCP/IP, OSI model, HTTP/HTTPS, and SSL/TLS certificates.

- Experience troubleshooting application and network-layer issues.

- Familiarity with Linux system fundamentals.

- Experience creating and troubleshooting iRules.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

- Knowledge of API security and modern application architectures.

- Exposure to Zero Trust or edge security concepts.

Preferred Certification :

- F5 Certified Administrator (CA).

- F5 Certified Technology Specialist (CTS - LTM or Security).

- Cloud or security certifications are an advantage.

Experience Level :

- Mid-Level: Independent operational ownership of F5 platforms.

- Senior: Architecture input, mentoring, and cross-domain technical leadership.

Minimum Qualifications :

- Related work experience of 5 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years.

- Must have working experience in a Enterprise work environment.