Sr. F5 BIG-IP Engineer | Clearance Sponsorship Available (6815)
Metrostar Systems
$170,000 - $250,000 / year
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Description
As a Sr. F5 Delivery Engineer I, you’ll deliver secure, highly available application delivery and load-balancing services across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. You’ll engineer and optimize F5 BIG-IP solutions, manage traffic and SSL/TLS services, automate configurations, resolve complex performance and availability issues, and maintain compliance with federal security standards.
We know that you can’t have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.
If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!
What you’ll do:
- Configure and troubleshoot virtual servers, pools, health monitors, traffic policies, profiles, iRules, and SSL/TLS services.
- Monitor performance and use advanced analytics to resolve latency, capacity, availability, and network configuration issues.
- Engineer and optimize F5 services across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
- Maintain high-availability and failover configurations supporting mission-critical applications.
- Integrate F5 services with DNS, security platforms, applications, certificate services, and enterprise monitoring tools.
- Automate configuration, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance using REST APIs, Ansible, Terraform, Python, or PowerShell.
- Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, configurations, runbooks, workflows, change records, and operational procedures.
- Communicate system status, technical risks, and recommended solutions to Government stakeholders and engineering teams.
What you’ll need to succeed:
- Active Top Secret clearance (preferred but not required)
- 10+ years of relevant enterprise network, systems, site reliability, or application delivery engineering experience in mission-critical environments.
- Extensive direct hands-on experience administering and engineering F5 BIG-IP application delivery and load-balancing services, including system health, capacity, availability, and reliability.
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting virtual servers, pools, health monitors, profiles, traffic policies, SSL/TLS services, high availability, and failover; iRules or equivalent traffic-management logic is strongly expected.
- Experience monitoring performance and using advanced tools and analytics to isolate and resolve application delivery, network configuration, latency, capacity, and availability issues.
- Experience evaluating, engineering, and recommending load-balancing, network optimization, and application acceleration techniques across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
- Experience integrating F5 services with DNS, network security, applications, identity/certificate services, infrastructure platforms, and enterprise monitoring solutions.
- Experience automating configuration management, monitoring, deployment, and maintenance using REST APIs, Ansible, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, or comparable tools.
- Experience developing and maintaining accurate architecture diagrams, configurations, runbooks, workflows, change records, troubleshooting documentation, and operational procedures.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field is preferred; relevant experience may substitute.
- Must satisfy the applicable DoD 8140 qualification requirements for the 451 System Administrator work role; no additional technical certification is required.
SALARY RANGE: $170,000 – $250,000
The salary range for this position is determined based on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. The final salary offered will be determined based on several factors including:
- The candidate's professional background and relevant work experience
- The specific responsibilities of the role and organizational needs
- Internal equity and alignment with current team compensation
- This role is also eligible for additional compensation, subject to the terms and policies of MetroStar, which may include:
- Performance-based bonuses
- Company-paid training and/or certifications
- Referral bonuses
Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled; candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible for full consideration.
Additional Compensation: This role may also be eligible for bonuses and/or additional incentives based on individual and company performance.
Benefits: All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits programs:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- Parental Leave and dependent care
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee assistance and wellness programs
Like we said, we are big fans of our people. That’s why we offer a generous benefits package, professional growth, and valuable time to recharge. Learn more about our company culture code and benefits. Plus, check out our accolades.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
What we want you to know:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
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Benefits
- vision insurance
- 401(k)
- paid time off
- stock options
- parental leave
- professional development
About this role
Metrostar is seeking a senior F5 engineer to design and maintain application delivery infrastructure supporting federal government operations. You'll work across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, configuring BIG-IP virtual servers, load-balancing policies, SSL/TLS services, and high-availability failover systems. The role demands deep expertise troubleshooting complex performance and availability issues, integrating F5 services with DNS, security platforms, and enterprise monitoring tools, and automating deployments through REST APIs, Ansible, Terraform, and Python.
This is a government-facing position requiring an active Top Secret clearance and at least 10 years of hands-on enterprise networking or systems engineering experience in mission-critical environments. You'll need extensive direct experience administering F5 BIG-IP systems, configuring traffic management logic like iRules, and using advanced analytics to isolate latency and capacity problems. You should be comfortable developing architecture diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures while communicating technical risks and recommendations to government stakeholders.
The salary range is $170,000 to $250,000 depending on experience, with eligibility for performance bonuses, company-paid training, and standard benefits including health coverage, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements. The hybrid role is based in Washington, D.C., and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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