Senior Consultant/Architect - F5 Application

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise application delivery strategy using F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, WAF, APM)
• Drive data center modernization with L4-L7 service insertion models
• Establish reference architectures for load balancing, SSL offload and application security
• Own and approve :
  
  

i. HLD / LLD for F5 deployments

ii. High availability (Active/Active / Active/Standby) architectures

iii. Traffic engineering and capacity design

• Lead design authority reviews and governance processes
• Ensure alignment with enterprise security and network architecture
• Lead end-to-end delivery :
  
  

Requirements

• Manage multi-vendor ecosystem (F5, security, cloud, infra teams)
• Ensure delivery aligned to SLA/KPI and transformation objectives
• Architect and oversee :
  
  

i. F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM/WAF, APM, AFM)

ii. SSL offloading, TLS lifecycle, and certificate management

iii. Load balancing (L4/L7), persistence, health monitoring

• Define and implement :
  
  

i. iRules, iApps, AS3/DO for automation

ii. High availability and failover strategies

• Integrate F5 with :
  
  

i. Data center fabrics (EVPN/VXLAN)

ii. Firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM/SOAR

iii. Identity systems (AD/LDAP) and PKI

• Define automation strategy using :
  
  

i. Ansible

ii. Python

iii. REST APIs (F5 programmability)

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