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Position Overview: 

The Senior Network Engineer (Load Balancing) will be responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade load balancing and traffic management solutions across on-prem and cloud environments. This role is critical to ensuring application availability, performance, and scalability. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with L4-L7 technologies, a performance-first mindset, and the ability to operate in complex, mission-critical environments. 

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with business acumen, ensuring that technology strategies align with organizational goals while delivering scalable, secure, and resilient solutions. 

Key Responsibilities 

Architecture & Design 

• Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions (L4-L7) to support high-availability applications and services  
• Design and implement traffic management strategies including SSL offload, content switching, GSLB, and application acceleration  
• Configure and support platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), A10, or cloud-native load balancers  
• Optimize application performance through tuning of persistence profiles, health monitors, iRules/policies, and traffic steering logic  
• Lead efforts in capacity planning, failover design, and disaster recovery for application delivery infrastructure  
• Troubleshoot complex network and application performance issues across multi-tier environments  
• Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services  
• Implement and maintain secure traffic flows, including WAF integration, TLS best practices, and DDoS mitigation strategies  
• Automate load balancer provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or vendor APIs  
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and runbooks for traffic engineering and load balancing practices  

Technical Leadership 

• Serve as an enterprise-wide authority on technology standards, patterns, and best practices. 
• Guide best practices adoption, modernization, and migration initiatives across business units. 
• Provide governance for solution design, ensuring compliance, security, and performance objectives are met. 
• Mentor engineers and junior architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence. 

Implementation & Optimization 

• Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), solution prototyping, and production deployments. 
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps) as needed. 
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies. 

Stakeholder Engagement 

• Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into actionable technology roadmaps. 
• Produce architectural diagrams, technical documentation, and executive presentations. 
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on the value and impact of proposed solutions. 

Qualifications 

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering with a strong focus on load balancing and application delivery  
• Deep expertise in L4-L7 networking concepts, including HTTP/S, TCP optimization, persistence, and SSL/TLS  
• Hands-on experience with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS), Citrix ADC, A10, or similar  
• Strong understanding of DNS, GSLB, and global traffic distribution strategies  
• Experience with cloud load balancing in AWS (ALB/NLB), Azure (Application Gateway/Front Door), or GCP  
• Familiarity with web application security concepts including WAF, OWASP Top 10, and zero-trust principles  
• Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tools  
• Solid understanding of routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)  
• Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, logs, and performance metrics  
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally  
• Must be locally located and comfortable working a 3 days in office hybrid model and 2 days remote

Soft Skills 

• Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities. 
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking. 
• Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution. 
• Entrepreneurial and Collaborative mindset  
• Leadership skills to influence cross-functional teams. 

This position is not eligible for sponsorship now or in the future.