Network admin

Network admin (Load Balancer) – Mumabi.

JD for Load Balancer:

* Administer and support F5 appliances throughout the organization.

* Monitor security bulletins and mitigate as needed.

* Recommend, design, implement, and support application delivery infrastructure integration into business solutions, while meeting the business' goals and objectives. This includes supporting documentation and diagrams detailing the specific infrastructure.

* Analyze network topologies and traffic/capacity requirements.

* Install, configure, and manage traffic management systems supporting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Domain Name System (DNS), load balancing and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

* Translate functional business requirements into a technical solution that conforms to global design standards.

* Install, test, maintain and upgrade network operating systems software and hardware in accordance with release management requirements.

* Support large scale infrastructure migrations and baseline reviews.

* Support changes in strict accordance with the change management policies, including developing design and implementation plans for approved changes.

* Gain knowledge and experience in other network security technologies.

* Propose appropriate changes to standards, policies, and procedures based on emerging business/technology trends and operational challenges with the existing guidelines utilizing performance metrics and operational SLAs as justification.

* Configure and support application security policies via the F5 security modules.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

* Must be able to work unsupervised, be well organized, and able to multi-task.

* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

* Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in a high-pressure environment.

* Design and implementation experience with F5 BigIP LTM and virtual appliances.

* Excellent understanding of LTM configuration (VIPs, Persistence, SNAT, SSL, etc.).

* Experience writing and troubleshooting iRules.

* Ability to troubleshoot connection issues and services on F5 appliances.

* F5 OS upgrades, backup and restores.

* Managing F5 appliances in HA configurations.

* Knowledge of troubleshooting tools, such as: tcpdump, ssldump, openssl, QKView, logs, curl, Wireshark

* Knowledge of http protocol versions, headers, methods, and status codes.

* Task/project oriented.

* Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical Associates.

* Ability to analyze and troubleshoot network traffic from layer 1 through 7 with utilities including SSH, nslookup, tcpdump, ssldump, cURL, HTTP GET and Open SSL.

* Ability to effectively articulate the implications and impact that proposed .architectural changes will have on the business (to technical and non-technical audiences).

* Knowledge of network monitoring solutions.

* Knowledge of application load balancing strategies and advanced techniques for application delivery

* Excellent troubleshooting skills and an ability to identify root causes of issues and provide solutions.

* Ability to team within and outside of the operations group.

* Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, both verbal and written, with the capability to articulate and educate others about complex technology with business acumen.

* Experience with F5 Traffic Management Operating system, CLI commands, and Route Domains.

* Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.

* Experience with routers, switches, firewalls and load-balancers. (Different Vendors-Cisco, Dell, HP)