Senior Network Engineer
Job Description
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
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