F5 Systems Engineer

F5 Systems Engineer

As a F5 Systems Engineer, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of support the CITS contract for USCENTCOM, located in Tampa, Florida. You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's application delivery and security infrastructure utilizing F5 technologies. Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a F5 Systems Engineer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

Meaningful Work And Personal Impact:

• Managing F5 hardware and virtual appliances, configurations, and policies critical to the operations of our enterprise environment
• Implementing, configuring, and maintaining F5 BIG-IP devices, iRules, and virtual appliances across multiple physical sites, adhering to industry best practices and security standards.
• Performing regular infrastructure assessments, maintenance, updates, and patches to ensure the security, reliability, and performance of the F5 application delivery and security infrastructure.
• Monitoring and optimizing F5 application delivery and security performance, resource utilization, and system availability using F5 tools and industry best practices.

What You'll Need To Succeed: Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Systems Engineer Senior must have:

• Experience: 5+ years of related experience with F5 technologies.
• Technical skills:
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues related to F5 application delivery and security technologies, including connectivity problems, configuration issues, and performance bottlenecks, utilizing root cause analysis methodologies.
• Collaborating with other IT teams to design and implement infrastructure solutions that integrate with F5 technologies and align with command requirements.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and team members to foster a deeper understanding of F5 technologies and their role within our infrastructure
• Implementing backup and disaster recovery solutions for F5 devices and configurations using F5 technologies and other relevant tools.
• Developing and maintaining documentation related to F5 architecture, processes, and procedures, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and organizational standards.
• Evaluating and recommending new F5 technologies and solutions to enhance system performance, efficiency, and scalability in line with industry trends and organizational needs.
• Supporting projects to enhance the security, efficiency, or capability of the F5 environment, ensuring adherence to project management best practices.
• Collaborating with vendors and third-party providers for troubleshooting and issue resolution, maintaining a positive and solution-oriented working relationship.
• Ensuring compliance with security policies, regulations, and best practices related to F5 technologies, including NIST, CIS, and F5 guidelines.
• Role requirements:
• Demonstrated proficiency in architecting, deploying, and managing F5 BIG-IP infrastructure, adhering to best practices.
• Experience with F5 technologies including BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), and BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM).
• Strong understanding of application delivery and security concepts, practices, and procedures, including load balancing, SSL offloading, and access control.
• Ability to review, modify, and prepare comprehensive documentation for F5 tasks and architecture designs.
• Desired Skills:
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, or Terraform for automation tasks and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with USCENTCOM and understanding of its mission and IT environment.
• ITIL 4 Foundation Certification
• F5 Certified Technical Specialist – Local Traffic Manager (CTS-LTM)
• F5 Certified Technical Specialist – Application Security Manager (CTS-ASM)
• F5 Certified Technical Specialist – Domain Name System (CTS-DNS)
• Security clearance level: TS/SCI
• Required Certifications:
• Applicable DoD 8140 or DoD 8570 Certification
• F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator (BIG-IP ASAM) or F5 Certified Technical Specialist – Access Policy Manager (CTS-APM)

GDIT Is Your Place:

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

The likely salary range for this position is $110,500 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA FL MacDill AFB

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.