F5 Infrastructure Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by HOK Consulting - Technical Recruitment Consultancy
£63 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
United Kingdom
Summary: The F5 Infrastructure Engineer role is a contract position requiring expertise in F5 technologies and networking services for a major banking client. The engineer will work within a sophisticated technical environment, focusing on designing, configuring, and maintaining F5 devices while collaborating with a wider engineering team. The position is hybrid, requiring two days per week on-site in Edinburgh, Leeds, or Manchester. Candidates must demonstrate relevant experience in their CV to be considered for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, configure, test, and maintain F5 devices in collaboration with the wider engineering team.
- Use expertise in F5 Big-IP, Jenkins, GitHub, and similar tooling to enhance and automate network infrastructure.
- Build and deploy technologies across both private and public cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration.
- Support the development of enterprise applications critical to banking operations.
Key Skills:
- Proven background as an Infrastructure Engineer.
- Strong understanding of network technologies, protocols, and security principles.
- Hands-on experience with F5 Big-IP, AppViewX ADC+, DO, and AS3.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with enterprise integrations.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery methods and tools such as Jira and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience in building and deploying technologies in both private and public cloud environments.
- Understanding of modern cloud-based architectures as well as traditional datacentre-hosted environments.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Good awareness of Operational Resilience and Security best practices.
Salary (Rate): £62.50/hr
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
F5 Infrastructure Engineer - Contract (INSIDE IR35) - Hybrid - Edinburgh, Leeds or Manchester (2 days per week on site in either of the above locations)
About the Opportunity
We’re seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong exposure to networking services, particularly F5 technologies, to join the F5 Delivery team within the Network Security and Traffic Management function for a major banking client. This role involves working within a sophisticated technical environment where you will be expected to rapidly develop domain knowledge and apply it to complex engineering challenges. You’ll work independently while still collaborating effectively with others across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, configure, test, and maintain F5 devices in collaboration with the wider engineering team.
- Use expertise in F5 Big-IP, Jenkins, GitHub, and similar tooling to enhance and automate network infrastructure.
- Build and deploy technologies across both private and public cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration.
- Support the development of enterprise applications critical to banking operations.
Skills & Experience Required
- Proven background as an Infrastructure Engineer.
- Strong understanding of network technologies, protocols, and security principles.
- Hands-on experience with F5 Big-IP, AppViewX ADC+, DO, and AS3.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with enterprise integrations.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery methods and tools such as Jira and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience in building and deploying technologies in both private and public cloud environments.
- Understanding of modern cloud-based architectures as well as traditional datacentre-hosted environments.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Good awareness of Operational Resilience and Security best practices.
Candidates must demonstrate the above experience clearly in their CV to be considered. If this is of interest, please apply ASAP.