F5 BIG-IP LTM ENGINEER

Job Title: F5 Big-IP LTM Engineer

Location:Chandler, AZ (primary) San Fran, CA; Minneapolios, MN

Targeted Start: 9/24/2012

Travel Required: Not required

Overview:

F5 Big-IP LTM engineer needed for a new F5 implementation

Contract Length:

3 Months

T&E Provided:

Responsibilities:

Tasks to be performed during the 3-month timeframe may include:

- Implement a pair of F5 BIG-IP devices in the Arizona datacenter.

- Provide documentation as part of the installation.

- Provide knowledge transfer as part of the Arizona implementation.

- Remotely upgrade existing F5 LTM devices to 11.2 HF1.

- 6 HA clusters.

- Implement recommended changes and audit those changes.

- Set up additional Monitoring and Alerting for the 8 pairs of F5 LTM devices.

- OIDs.

- TMM and Memory.

- CPU.

- SSL TPS.

- Connections Per Second.

- Few others not yet identified.

- Day to day assistance with the management of the F5 LTM devices.

Desired Experience

Experience (typically gained from 2-3 years) working with:

- Big-IP LTM experience required.

- Strong application firewall background.

- SOC Operational tasks; ticketing workflow.

Experience with all common networking concepts including, but not limited to:

- The OSI model.

- TCP/UDP ports and protocols.

- The OSI model.

- Layer 2 switching concepts.

- Layer 3 routing concepts, including routing protocols (BGP, OSPF).

- Understanding of application security concepts, specifically with regards to web application security.

- Excellent follow up skills and internal customer communications.

- Excellent problem solving background.

Desired Certifications:

- General security certifications (CISSP et al) preferred.

-F5 Big-IP Certification preferred..