Network Engineer Senior | Hybrid onsite Plano TX or McLean VA

Senior Network EngineerThis position may be offered to a candidate authorized to work in the US for his/her/their stated employer, without any restrictions which would prevent the candidate from working on the proposed assignment for the duration of the assignment period.Must Haves: 3+ years of strong hands on experience with F5The Senior Network Engineer will be part of the Enterprise Network Engineering Team. We are seeking a skilled and motivated F5 Network Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in network engineering, build, support, and optimization of our data center network infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have a solid foundation in data center load-balancer, routing and switching technologies coupled with hands-on experience in design and deployment of large-scale multi-vendor network projects.Responsibilities:Design, deploy, and maintain the data center F5 load-balancers infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.Implement and configure F5 Viprion and VELOS, BigIQ environment.Configure and support internal/external DNS, GTM, LTM and iRules.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand networking requirements and provide effective solutions.Learn and develop automation scripts using Ansible and/or Python to streamline network provisioning, configuration, and monitoring tasks.Monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues, and perform root cause analysis to resolve incidents promptly.Participate in capacity planning, network security and disaster recovery strategies and document relevant SOPs / Visio for network repositories.Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in data center networking and automation.Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)3-5 years of relevant experience in supporting multiple F5 LTM, APM and/or GTM platforms. This includes installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting issues on these platforms.Experienced in VIP creation, Wide IP creation, certificate creation and updates, SSL profile creation, pool creation and pool member modification.Experience in writing and troubleshooting F5 iRules.Experienced with packet capture analysis and troubleshooting.Experienced in multiple tier application support.Proven experience as a Network Engineer with a focus on data center routing and switching.Knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible, and programming languages like Python.Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work well under pressure and in a team environment.Keys to success in this role:Work under minimum supervision.Strong written and verbal communication.Proactive in nature with customer satisfaction as primary goal.Innovative in providing solutions, likes to take on challenges with calculated risk.Quick learner of new technologies and tools.