F5 Platform Engineer

F5 Platform Engineering Act as the primary F5 SME supporting the customer's F5 infrastructure environment. Design, implement, configure, and maintain F5 application delivery and security services. Manage platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, patches, migrations, and technology refresh initiatives. Ensure platform stability, availability, scalability, and performance. Perform capacity planning and platform optimization activities. Support high-availability and disaster recovery configurations. Operational Support Provide Level 3 technical support for complex F5-related incidents and service requests. Troubleshoot and resolve critical application delivery and load-balancing issues. Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective measures. Participate in major incident response and service restoration activities. Maintain operational runbooks and support documentation. Design Reviews & Technical Governance Participate in solution design workshops and architecture review sessions. Validate technical designs against operational, security, and architectural standards. Review network, security, and application requirements for new service deployments. Provide technical recommendations and best-practice guidance to project and engineering teams. Support risk assessments and implementation planning activities. Implementation & Project Delivery Lead F5 implementation activities across multiple projects and initiatives. Execute configuration changes, migrations, and platform deployment activities. Develop implementation plans, rollback procedures, and testing approaches. Support application onboarding and production release activities. Participate in maintenance windows and scheduled change activities. Security & Compliance Ensure security controls are implemented in accordance with organizational standards. Support application security capabilities through F5 Advanced WAF / ASM. Implement traffic inspection, SSL services, and secure application delivery controls. Support audit, compliance, and vulnerability remediation activities. Documentation & Process Improvement Create and maintain design documentation, operational procedures, and technical standards. Develop implementation guides and support playbooks. Identify opportunities for platform automation and operational improvement. Contribute to continuous service improvement initiatives. Mandatory Technical Skills F5 Technologies Strong hands-on experience across: F5 BIG-IP LTM (Local Traffic Manager) F5 DNS / GTM F5 Advanced WAF (ASM) SSL Offloading Load Balancing Traffic Management Application Delivery Networking (ADN) High Availability Configurations iRules Development Health Monitoring Certificate Management DNS Services Application Performance Optimization Networking Technologies TCP/IP Routing & Switching BGP OSPF VLANs NAT DNS DHCP Application Networking Network Security Fundamentals Security Technologies Web Application Firewalls SSL/TLS Secure Application Delivery Network Security Architecture Access Control Technologies Preferred Skills Experience working within Telecommunications environments. Experience supporting large-scale enterprise production environments. Knowledge of Check Point, Fortinet, Palo Alto, or Cisco security platforms. Exposure to Cloud Networking (Azure and AWS). Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Automation. Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD integration practices. Understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and Secure Access principles. Certifications (Preferred) One or more of the following: F5 Certified Administrator (F5-CA) F5 Certified Technical Specialist (F5-CTS) F5 Certified Solution Expert (F5-CSE) CCNP Enterprise CCNP Security CISSP Azure Network Engineer Associate Experience Requirements Minimum 8 years of Network Security and Application Delivery experience.At least 5 years of hands-on F5 engineering and implementation experience.Proven experience delivering F5 deployment, migration, and transformation projects.Strong stakeholder engagement and customer-facing communication skills.Experience supporting business-critical production platforms and services.