Hey folks,
Above & Beyond Talent is seeking a Lead Network Engineer with deep expertise in F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM), BIG-IQ, NGINX Plus, Azure networking, and Infrastructure-as-Code automation. The Lead Engineer will support a multi-site enterprise load balancing and DNS environment, including provisioning and configuration of two new F5 BIG-IP DNS standalone nodes, software upgrades on four BIG-IP DNS nodes and one BIG-IQ management platform, validation of Wide IP and DNS configurations, and integration with an Arista-based BGP Anycast architecture.
**Good fit if you have the following requirements:**
* F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) administration
* Provisioning and configuration of F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM
* Wide IP configuration and validation
* DNS load balancing and traffic management
* Troubleshooting DNS and GTM services
* BIG-IP DNS software upgrades
* NGINX Plus administration and support
* High-availability (HA) NGINX deployment and management
* Experience with production application delivery environments
* Custom server farm configuration
* NGINX troubleshooting, performance tuning, and optimization
* Strong understanding of application delivery and load-balancing concepts
* Experience maintaining highly available and scalable network/application infrastructures
**Performance Objectives / What you'll be doing:**
* Lead the provisioning, configuration, administration, and upgrade of F5 BIG-IP DNS (GTM) and BIG-IQ environments.
* Manage and optimize NGINX Plus and NGINXaaS deployments, including high-availability configurations and Azure Load Balancer integrations.
* Design, maintain, and enhance Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Jinja2, and GitHub workflows.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex DNS, GTM, NGINX, BGP routing, and network infrastructure issues across production environments.
* Drive scalability, resiliency, automation, and operational best practices across F5, Azure, Arista, and enterprise application delivery platforms.
**Location:** Considering candidates who live within 50 miles (commutable distance) to our client's Corporate Offices in Evansville IN or Baltimore MD
**Pay Rate:** $60.00 to $65.00
***Must be authorized to work in the US***
**If interested:**
Email your resume and availability to [**apply@aandbtalent.com**](mailto:apply@aandbtalent.com)