Load Balancing Engineer
Westlake, TX, Merrimack, NH, (Will consider Durham, NC for strong candidate)
6 months with extensions
In Person Interviews

Shift: Mon-Fri 8-5 EST. Need flexibility for some nights or weekends. Or 4x10 hour days.
 
Must Haves:

• Experience installing, configuring, and supporting load balancing technologies, preferably F5 and/or Broadcom AVI -
• Supporting and troubleshooting hybrid load balancing infrastructure (on- prem, multi-CSP) and cloud-based load balancing services (ALBs, GSLBs)
• AWS and/or Azure cloud network engineering experience

The Team

Data Center Network Services (DCNS) is dedicated to the overall global network engineering and support for Client within Enterprise Infrastructure & Operations (EI&O). The Network Traffic and DDI Engineering (NTDE) team is a member of this DCNS team, and our team is accountable for the Network Traffic Management and DNS, DHCP, and IPAM related services for the enterprise. Our F5 and AVI load balancing infrastructure and Infoblox and BIND DNS infrastructure are critical Client resources that enable revenue producing services for the firm.

The Role

The Load Balancing Engineer will be responsible for the overall F5 & AVI Load Balancing design and providing secure connectivity solutions to the Client enterprise allowing Business teams and customers to be more driven, more productive, and more profitable in a global business environment. These responsibilities include crafting new enterprise solutions, enabling new customer connectivity, securing the environment through tactical change management, as well as working in a cross-organizational fashion to consult and enable these services. This position will require a well-adapted approach towards ITSM methodologies ensuring the delivery of information technology services to meet the needs of the business community!

• Lead, support, and design F5 and load balancing solutions for critical applications running on-prem, at multiple CSPs, and hybrid environments.
• Advise business partners on standard methodologies and options with the various technology platforms.
• Solve sophisticated issues related to the Application Traffic Management environment (F5 and AVI)
• Shift -oriented operations support, in collaboration with network operations and network engineering teams.
• Work closely with business partners and other Network Services teams to ensure 24x7 availability.
• Ability to adjust work schedule as needed to support evening and weekend planned work.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• A minimum of 4-6 years’ engineering experience installing, configuring, and supporting load balancing technologies, preferably F5 and/or Broadcom AVI.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting hybrid load balancing infrastructure (on-prem, multi-CSP) and cloud-based load balancing services (ALBs, GSLBs)
• AWS and/or Azure cloud network engineering experience
• Deep knowledge of Traffic Management platforms
• Automation experience, eg. Ansible, Python (a plus, not required)
• Network Engineering and Troubleshooting skills
• Application Traffic Analysis
• Routed/Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF, VPNs – a plus
• Enterprise Security Policy knowledge and best practices
• Agile methodologies and framework
• Network certifications a plus but not required.
• Works well independently and as part of a team; ability to lead a project.
• Enjoys working directly with customers and solving their technical problems.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 70.00/hr.