Responsibilities
The F5 BIG-IP solution is an important central component within the datacenter infrastucture and is heavily used to implement application load balancing, high availability concepts, security features, …
The F5 Networking and Security Engineering Service consists of following tasks:
Load balancing and high-availability architecture design.
Design and implementation of F5 BIG-IP solutions for application delivery and network traffic management.
Configuration and administration of virtual servers, pools, nodes, monitors, iRules, SSL profiles, and traffic policies.
SSL/TLS certificate management, SSL offloading, encryption configuration, traffic inspection and reporting.
Web Application Firewall (AWAF) deployment and policy management.
Authentication and access management integration using APM and enterprise identity services.
Performance tuning, capacity planning, and service optimization.
Incident, problem, and change management support.
Security patching, software upgrades, and lifecycle management of F5 infrastructure.
Root cause analysis and troubleshooting of application delivery, connectivity, and performance issues.
Documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer activities to stakeholders
Ideal Profile
Should hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in electronics, ICT or telecommunications, or have equivalent technical experience in this field.
Must have an all-round and in-depth conceptual, practical and operational knowledge of IP Networks and their management in multi-site environments and data centres.
Must have advanced knowledge of F5 solutions and extended experience of designing and implementing them in complex environments.
Should have and all-round knowledge and experience of IT security concepts, architectures and implementations (e.g. Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewall technology)
Must be willing to continuously refine and broaden his technical knowledge.
Needs to be able to work independently and methodically, have a sense of responsibility and can assess risks accurately.
Needs to be customer-oriented and cope well with stress,
Needs to be flexible and approachable (tasks may be suddenly interrupted by urgent operational issues).
Must have good communication skills for interacting with other colleagues, departments, suppliers, service providers, …
You are able to speak, read and write Dutch, French and English.
