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This role will be onsite at our Easton office in Columbus, OH (or in Birmingham, Dallas, Akron, or Detroit).

The Network Engineer 3 serves as the primary engineer responsible for the design, engineering, management, and support of Huntington's enterprise load balancing and core network services platforms, including F5 BIGIP, VMware/Broadcom load balancing, and Infoblox DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (IPAM). This role architects and maintains advanced application delivery and network services solutions across multiple collocated data centers and cloud providers, ensuring secure, resilient, and highly available service delivery for the enterprise.

In addition to these core responsibilities, Network Engineer 3 designs tailored network solutions, anticipates operational risks, leads automation initiatives, and effectively communicates complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders, escalating issues appropriately when needed.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead engineering, architecture, lifecycle management, and production support for enterprise load balancing platforms, including:
• F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM/ASM/APM/DNS
• VMware/Broadcom load balancing platforms
• Load balancing integrations across public and hybrid cloud environments
• Design and implement load balancing architectures, standards, and best practices across multiple data centers, cloud providers and enforce enterprise load balancing standards.
• Engineer and support enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services using the Infoblox platform, including:
• Grid management
• DNS architecture and zone management
• DHCP scopes and failover
• IPAM design, automation support, and lifecycle operations
• Automate network and application delivery workflows, including:
• Infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Load balancing, DNS, and IPAM object creation, updates, and lifecycle tasks
• Change orchestration and repeatable deployment patterns
• Integrations with CICD pipelines, API-driven workflows, and infrastructure-as-code
• Develop and maintain automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs, and vendor automation toolsets.
• Ensure high availability and resiliency of load balancing and DNS/DHCP/IPAM services across hybrid and multi-site environments.
• Provide senior-level troubleshooting for complex application delivery, DNS, DHCP, SSL/TLS, traffic flow, GSLB, and network services issues.
• Drive application onboarding, migration, modernization, and automation initiatives for load balancing and core network services.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Provide effective production support, including accurate problem identification, ticket documentation, and customer/vendor engagement.
• Document small- to medium-scale projects and deliver presentations with minimal supervision.
• Dissect complex situations and focus efforts on critical technology tasks.
• Recommend process improvements based on deep technical expertise.
• Serve as an informal leader who peers consult for advanced technical challenges.
• Provide Level 3/4 engineering support for the corporate enterprise network.
• Verify hardware/software requirements, design, and configure LAN/WAN, Data Center, and Voice network technologies.
• Perform provisioning, configuration, installation, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network equipment.
• Support network technologies and provide high-level user support.
• Maintain current professional and technical skills.
• Stay informed of emerging technologies and understand how they drive value for the organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or 4+ additional years of equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of related experience in load balancing and DNS Infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced understanding of load balancing technologies, especially F5 BIG-IP and VMware/Broadcom platforms.
• Advanced understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on solution architecture.
• Expertise in performance monitoring, analytics, and tuning.
• Proficient across multiple infrastructure technology domains.
• Deep knowledge of industry best practices and internal policy adherence.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across Layers 2–7.
• Technical certifications preferred (e.g., F5, CCNP, VMware/Broadcom).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to work independently or collaboratively.
• Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, and self-direct work.

Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) ( No = eligible for overtime pay)

Yes

Workplace Type:

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We're combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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