F5 Load Balancer Specialist

Role Purpose

The purpose of this role is to analyse, identify, rectify & recommend specific improvement measures that help in the security posture of the organization by protecting the sensitive information

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• Must have hands on experience in design, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of F5 BIG-IP systems including modules such as

LTM, GTM

BIG IP DNS

BIG IP Advanced Firewall Manager

• Good to have hands on experience in configuration and maintenance of Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls

Key responsibilities:

• Provide operational support and troubleshooting for F5 BIG-IP systems.
• Configure and manage F5 appliances and virtual instances.
• Design and implement traffic management policies, iRules, SSL offloading, health monitors, and virtual servers.
• Collaborate with application, network, and security teams to optimize service delivery.
• Perform software upgrades, patches, and system backups.
• Monitor system performance and conduct capacity planning.
• Ensure compliance with security standards (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP).
• Support disaster recovery and high availability configurations.
• Analyze logs and conduct root cause analysis for traffic flow issues

Technical Expertise:

• Proficiency in F5 modules: LTM, GTM/DNS, DNS and AFM
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS, SSL/TLS, SNMP, and

  Layer 3-7 protocols

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• Experience with iRules and Traffic Policies.
• Familiarity with SSO/MFA integrations (e.g., SAML, OAuth).
• Hands-on experience with HA clustering and firmware management for F5 Virtual Edition LBs
• Exposure to Zero Trust architecture is a plus

• Tools:

  F5, PAN

Additional Requirements:

- Daily Health Checks of Firewall & Load Balancers (such as Performance Statics and Alerts).

- Take Weekly Backup on Every Sundays.
- Work on Service Now Requests - Tasks, Request Items, Change Requests- Present Changes in Pre-CAB and Pre & Post change implementation, update those in Daily Huddle.- Update Daily Change Tracker- Coordinate & Update Weekly & Bi-Weekly Delivery Updates.- Update the Management Tasks, Symetra Team Details & SOPs.