F5 Systems Engineer – TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

The company is a global technology and professional services firm. It works with every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community, with 26,000 staff in more than 50 countries across AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

This is a systems engineering role centred on F5 traffic management. The team needs an F5 engineer to deliver secure, expert traffic management using F5 Local Traffic Manager, F5 Global Traffic, Tool Command Language (Tcl) and other advanced tools, to support and improve the client's infrastructure.

The role is on site, supporting government work in Sterling, VA or Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities

• Configure multiple physical and virtual F5 devices across several data centers.
• Plan, design, build, run and operate F5 products including LTM, ASM, BIG-IQ and APM.
• Help define customer technical requirements and support their development.
• Write clear technical documentation and step-by-step procedures for the problems you find and fix.
• Propose and carry out system changes that make the network security infrastructure faster and more reliable.
• Monitor and troubleshoot platform, operating system, network security and connectivity faults.
• Run launch testing for new software releases and new features.
• Work with other technology towers toward shared goals.
• Make capacity planning configuration changes when needed.
• Handle performance, scalability and service architecture administration issues.
• Order equipment, including physical or virtual appliances, and upgrade, monitor, test and service systems as needed.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant F5 experience administering LTM, ASM, BIG-IQ and/or APM, including life cycle management and creating and troubleshooting advanced iRules.
• 6+ years of related experience.
• A bachelor's degree in science or a related technical field, or an equivalent mix of education, technical certifications, training or work experience totaling 10+ years.
• Working knowledge of DHCP, DNS, F5 BIG-IP and F5 load balancing.
• Knowledge of a broad range of technology towers, including storage, virtualization, Intel, networking, data center migration and disaster recovery.
• Experience deploying, managing and troubleshooting network systems, switching and routing protocols such as TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, SDN and 802.1x.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IPAM and NTP in a large multi-site environment.
• Understanding of the risk and controls landscape, ensuring company-wide standards are met.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. US citizenship required.
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements with one of: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+ or CCNA Security.
• Must hold the F5 Certified Administrator certification, or obtain it within 3 months of your hire date.
• Obtain one targeted F5 module certification (LTM, DNS, ASM or APM) within an additional 90 days.

Conditions

Regular position, on site in Annapolis Junction, MD or Sterling, VA.

Scheduled at 40 hours per week, with no travel required.

No public trust requirement.

As part of hiring, you will complete an identity verification process using biometrics and artificial intelligence to confirm authenticity and prevent identity fraud. You must be on camera during virtual interviews, and the company may photograph you for verification. By continuing, you authorize collection, processing and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security.

The likely salary range is $148,750 to $201,250. This is not a guarantee. Pay is set by experience, geographic location and possibly contract requirements, and may fall outside this range.

Equal opportunity employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match, including pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS annual limits.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages, including medical plans with some Health Savings Accounts, dental and vision plans.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, paid holidays including 10 company-paid holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel accident insurance, provided or available.
• Paid education and certifications, plus an internal mobility team to help you build skills and manage your career.
• Access to cutting-edge technology to learn from.