Network Engineer

IT Engineer plans and executes Highly complex software engineering development projects, utilizing advanced software and hardware engineering principles, software architecture, as well as various standards such as CCITT, OBF, ISO. Uses both hardware and software engineering expertise to apply theoretical principles and methodologies to accomplish complex software engineering assignments. Responsible for project planning, design, business analysis, development, test and vendor management. Skills: Qualifications: Broad knowledge of IT Systems engineering. Experience with system capacity and planning, as well as functional configuration and audit. Experience with system planning and capacity tools and analyses. Education/Work Experience: Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
10+ years experience required. Broad knowledge of IT Systems engineering. Experience with system capacity and planning, as well as functional configuration and audit. Experience with system planning and capacity tools and analyses.
Certifications are nice to have.
Must haves:
F5 Load Balancers (MANDATORY) Deep expertise required in:
F5 LTM (Local Traffic Manager)
F5 GTM (Global Traffic Manager / DNS)
Candidates without strong F5 experience will not be considered
Palo Alto Firewalls - Advanced level
Cisco routing/switching - Advanced to intermediate
Nice-to-Have / Bonus Skills
Automation:
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)
Google Cloud Platform (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
Work Locations: Plano, TX / Richardson, TX / Raleigh, NC / Hartford, CT / Tempe, AZ