Principal Network Engineer - F5

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.


Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The F5 Principal Network Engineer acts as a subject matter expert to mentor and support team members on network planning, engineering, and operational support. This role will be accountable for operation, performance and availability, and compliance of the Early Warning network.

Essential Functions

• Subject Matter Expert : Develop and review current structure and plan for next generation. Be the technical go-to resource for network solutions. Provide direction and mentorship to team.
• Operational Performance Champion: Ensure performance and availability are meeting business SLA's. Create and maintain the network standards and baselines. Maintain highest levels of network protection from disaster.
• Support Amazing Customer Experience: Collaborate with various internal groups and external vendors to ensure all installations meet specifications, ensuring the resolution of problems as they arise. Analyze the needs of the organization and translate requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Support the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or another related field
• Typically, 12 or more years of demonstrated progressive expert level experience in network design, implementation, and support
• Demonstrated experience leading network projects including large scale data center migrations
• Serve as SME for F5 BIG-IP platforms including LTM, APM, ASM, providing architecture, implementation, optimization, and operational support for highly available application delivery services.
• Design and maintain advanced F5 iRules, policies, and traffic management solutions supporting application availability, authentication, security, SSL offload, and performance optimization.
• Lead implementation and support of global and local load balancing solutions including F5 GTM/DNS, Infoblox DTC, AWS ALB/ELB, Route53, and external DNS provider solutions support resiliency and disaster recovery objectives.
• Develop and maintain enterprise DNS solutions and standards, ensuring high availability, security compliance, and integration across hybrid cloud and multi-data center environments.
• Provide engineering leadership for application delivery and cloud networking initiatives, partnering across infrastructure, security, and application teams to deliver scalable hybrid network solutions.
• Hands-on experience implementing and administrating network devices, setting and maintaining policies and rights within a network environment
  Extensive knowledge with the following equipment or disciplines:
  • Firewalls
  • Load Balancers
  • Cisco network switches
  • Cisco routers
  • Cisco VPN
  • Juniper equipment
  • Linux/ Windows servers
  • Telecom Services
• Strong understanding of Data Center technologies, securing local and remote networks and routing protocols (i.e. BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and common network monitoring and security utilities
• A thorough understanding of the OSI network model, Ethernet, and TCP/IP networking
• Strong technical background to include experience with Routing and Switching technologies and extensive knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
• Demonstrated successful experience designing disaster recovery/business continuity network solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to create and deliver compelling and persuasive presentations.
• Strong business acumen and customer service skills
• Background and drug screen

Preferred Qualifications

• Typically aligns with a minimum of 15 or more year's related experience
• ITIL Experience with Version 3 or 4
• Vendor Management experience
• Experience in Software Defined Networking and/or Cloud Networking
• Prior consulting background

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $172,000 - $215,000.
San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $206,000 - $258,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage - Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off - Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.