Manager, F5 & Application Delivery Operations
Overview
Our client, a large enterprise organization, is hiring a Manager, F5 & Application Delivery Operations to lead a team responsible for the availability, performance, and security of an F5 application delivery and web application firewall environment. In this role, you’ll own day-to-day operational health and SLA outcomes, lead incident response for critical issues, and build consistent operational standards (runbooks, change governance, escalation paths). You’ll also help modernize a traditional F5 BIG-IP estate into more automated, software-defined, and SaaS-delivered architectures—working across a hybrid delivery model that includes onshore engineers and offshore managed-services partners.
Required Skills
- People leadership experience managing technical infrastructure/network engineering teams (including hiring, mentoring, and performance management)
- Strong working knowledge of F5 BIG-IP, including:
- LTM (Local Traffic Manager)
- DNS / GTM
- WAF / ASM
- SSL offload
- DR/BC considerations
- Experience owning SLA-driven operations (availability, performance, incident response) in a medium-to-large enterprise
- Strong experience with incident, problem, and change management (ITIL-aligned); ServiceNow or similar tools
- Vendor management experience (including coordinating with F5 TAC) and oversight of offshore/managed-services partners
- Ability to lead P1/P2 incident escalations and drive issues to resolution
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner with leadership (Director/VP level)
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Exposure to F5 Distributed Cloud / SaaS WAF
- Familiarity with adjacent technologies such as:
- AWS cloud networking
- Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA)
- Palo Alto
- Automation experience or familiarity (e.g., Python, Ansible, Git)
- Experience using telemetry/observability platforms (e.g., Dynatrace) to drive proactive operations
- Certifications (preferred):
- F5 Certified Solution Expert (F5-CSE)
- ITIL Foundation
- Leadership or delivery credentials (e.g., PMP)
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
- 8+ years in medium-to-large enterprise network/infrastructure environments
- 2+ years in direct people management or team-lead responsibilities
- Prior hands-on F5 BIG-IP engineering background strongly preferred
Other Requirements
- Work type: Contract-to-hire
- Schedule: Full-time, Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week
- Work arrangement: Onsite (local candidates preferred)
If you’re a hands-on leader who can drive operational excellence while modernizing a critical application delivery and security platform, we’d like to hear from you—apply today.
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