Network Engineer III (Information Technology)

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Position Summary
The Network Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, scalability, and security of network systems and associated platforms. The role focuses on implementing modern, robust networking solutions, automation initiatives, and collaborating across teams to maintain system performance and security.

What You'll Do

• Support and Maintenance: Manage and maintain networking and security infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and strong protection against cyber threats.
• Security Management: Configure, manage, and troubleshoot firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention systems and access control solutions. Enforce security best practices to safeguard data and infrastructure.
• Load Balancing and Traffic Management: Provide operational support for F5 BIG-IP platforms, including load balancing and application delivery controllers.
• Automation and Scalability: Leverage automation to scale and govern infrastructure efficiently, automating routine network and security tasks to improve system velocity and sustainability.
• Network Design and Deployment: Architect and deploy scalable networking solutions based on business requirements, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable efficient outcomes.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Continuously monitor system performance, proactively identify and resolve issues, and perform tuning to maximize uptime, performance, and response times.
• Incident and Problem Resolution: Respond to incidents, participate in on-call rotation to ensure continuous support, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and troubleshoot complex issues such as failures, connectivity issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain system documentation, including standard operating procedures, configurations, and troubleshooting guides, to support efficient maintenance and knowledge sharing.

What You'll Bring

• Expertise in network infrastructure design, implementation, and maintenance, with a strong understanding of modern networking principles.
• Hands-on experience with network security technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, VPN services, and access control systems (HashiCorp Boundary).
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, regulatory compliance, and best practices.
• Proficiency in managing and supporting F5 BIG-IP platforms, including load balancing, application security, and traffic management.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP, STP, TCP, UDP, IPv6).
• Proven experience in network performance monitoring, and optimization.
• Familiarity with observability tools, logging systems, and tracing technologies.
• Skilled in implementing automation solutions for network and security tasks using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python scripting.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in agile environments.
• Excellent communication, troubleshooting, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and technologies.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in network operations, engineering, or security roles in a technology-driven organization.
• Strong experience with network and security infrastructure, including tools and protocols relevant to the role.
• Certifications in networking or security (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, CISSP, or similar) as a plus
• Proficiency in scripting languages and familiarity with automation frameworks

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $112,800.00 - $169,200.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.