Network Infrastructure Engineer - F5

Summary: The Network Infrastructure Engineer - F5 role requires extensive expertise in F5 BIG-IP technologies and strong practical experience with CI/CD tools. The position involves hands-on knowledge of automation capabilities and scripting, as well as a solid understanding of networking concepts and cloud environments. The role is hybrid, based in Edinburgh, Leeds, or Manchester, and emphasizes collaboration within Agile and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Extensive expertise across F5 BIG-IP technologies including LTM, DNS/GTM, APM, and Advanced WAF.
• Strong practical experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and version control platforms like GitHub.
• Hands-on knowledge of F5 automation and orchestration capabilities, particularly Declarative Onboarding (DO) and Application Services 3 Extension (AS3).
• Solid Scripting and automation capabilities using Python.
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms and building scalable automation workflows.
• Familiarity with the AppViewX ADC+ ecosystem and related automation tooling.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, and Firewall connectivity.
• Exposure to cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure environments including IaaS and container-based platforms.
• Knowledge of both on-premise datacentre environments and modern cloud deployments.
• Understanding of operational resilience, governance, and security best practices.
• Experience working within Agile environments alongside DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Proficiency with Jira and other delivery management or DevOps collaboration tools.

Key Skills:

• Extensive expertise in F5 BIG-IP technologies.
• Practical experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub).
• Knowledge of F5 automation and orchestration (DO, AS3).
• Scripting and automation skills (Python).
• Experience with enterprise platform integration and automation workflows.
• Familiarity with AppViewX ADC+ ecosystem.
• Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, Firewall).
• Exposure to cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure.
• Knowledge of on-premise and cloud deployments.
• Understanding of operational resilience and security best practices.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps environments.
• Proficiency with Jira and collaboration tools.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Edinburgh/Leeds/Manchester

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

• Extensive expertise across F5 BIG-IP technologies including LTM, DNS/GTM, APM, and Advanced WAF.
• Strong practical experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and version control platforms like GitHub.
• Hands-on knowledge of F5 automation and orchestration capabilities, particularly Declarative Onboarding (DO) and Application Services 3 Extension (AS3).
• Solid Scripting and automation capabilities using Python.
• Experience integrating enterprise platforms and building scalable automation workflows.
• Familiarity with the AppViewX ADC+ ecosystem and related automation tooling.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, and Firewall connectivity.
• Exposure to cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure environments including IaaS and container-based platforms.
• Knowledge of both on-premise datacentre environments and modern cloud deployments.
• Understanding of operational resilience, governance, and security best practices.
• Experience working within Agile environments alongside DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Proficiency with Jira and other delivery management or DevOps collaboration tools.