Network Engineer Iii

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world

Why do you want to join our team?

But our success isn’t driven solely by what we do. We also care deeply about how we do it. At F5, our culture is how we live, every single day. And it’s producing extraordinary results-not only for our customers, but also for our employees. We understand that your life is about more than just work, so we’re committed to a culture that supports your whole life.

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to build and support the most exciting missions in the world You get the adventure and independence of working at a start-up without any of the financial risks because you are supported by a growing Fortune 1000 technology company.

What will you do?

Our Network Engineer III supports and fixes F5’s IT network infrastructure including public cloud environments, data centers, local & wide area networks, switching, routing, firewalls, remote access monitoring & diagnostics and network communication issues. This position is an engineering and career mentorship role.

Primary Responsibilities

Engineering & Analysis: (60%)
- Deplore repeated manual work and pursue pervasive automation
- Advance the ongoing adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) and network automation
- Implement zero-touch provisioning, desired state configuration, and build pipelines for network management
- Integrate multiple systems to implement automated workflows, configuration changes, and data updates
- Model network configuration and operational data in a platform neutral structure (e.g. JSON or YAML)
- Design and implement advanced configurations of network gear including switches, routers, firewalls
- Establish advanced automation processes to monitor and maintain systems
- Grow and promote an automation first mentality in the team
- Participate in peer review processes by reviewing procedures, changes, architectures, designs and standards
- Prepare documentation and improve team policies and procedures
- As a mentor, review engineer work product and procedures to support skill development
- Provide advanced troubleshooting as needed

Production support: (40%)
- Perform troubleshooting and triage assessment - remediating, delegating, or raising problems as needed
- Diagnose, debug, and repair automation processes and tools
- Independently address advanced operational issues
- Communicate with impacted users through-out the troubleshooting/remediation process as needed
- Lead documentation of new deployments or changes to deployments according to documentation standards
- Participate in on-call rotation
- Be the network automation domain authority in project meetings
- Proactively ensure ongoing communication with participants, customers and team members
- Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Automation coding skills, with a preference for Python and NETCONF experience
- Experience using and implementing Azure DevOps repos and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience using Ansible and Ansible Tower for network automation
- Experience with Windows and Linux OS
- Experience with DevOps and agile methods
- Network equipment vendor experience with F5, Cisco, and Palo Alto preferred
- Terraform experience preferred
- Understanding of highly available network solutions
- Understanding of the OSI networking model
- Experience configuring and diagnosing IP routing/switching technologies and protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, and OSPF in a dual-stack IPv4/6 environment.
- Experience with commercial cloud provider environments and hybrid cloud connectivity
- Ability to excel in a multifaceted environment
- Effectively communicate problems and solutions
- Understand business problems and networking solutions
- Effective time management and ability to coordinate and prioritize tasks
- Excellent English language written & verbal communications, both technical and non-technical

**Qualifications**:

- BA/BS in any computer science, or commensurate career experience required
- Current certifications in networking technology any current manufacturer of networking equipment
- 5 or more years in an IT department with a dedicated network team
- No less than 4 years in a network operations center or network team

Equal Employment Opportunity