Sr. Load Balancer Engineer - On Site

Job Description

Sr. Load Balancer Engineer - On Site

Job Summary

The Senior Load Balancer Engineer within the Strategic Initiatives Group is responsible for architecting and optimizing advanced traffic management solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This role is central to the organization’s digital transformation strategy, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of critical applications and services. You’ll lead enterprise-wide initiatives involving application delivery controllers (ADCs), global traffic management (GTM), and automation, while collaborating with architects, developers, and cybersecurity teams to align infrastructure with strategic business goals.

In addition, this role functions as a Network Strategic Initiatives leader—advising, communicating, and driving delivery for global and transformational programs. When global 'critical incidents' arise, the leader rapidly aligns teams on a tactical response, identifies resolution paths, and documents gaps tt evolve into standards, governance, or longer-term initiatives. The position is designed to serve holistically, connecting product teams to strategic goals and milestones while ensuring execution from the ground up. This position requires the ability to build from the ground up—establishing frameworks, governance, delivery models, and operational mecnisms tt scale across a global enterprise.

This role is not limited to technical depth—it demands multi-disciplinary expertise, leadership across matrixed environments, and proven ability to execute from zero by building frameworks, governance, and delivery models. Familiarity with Agile / Lean practices is expected, enabling incremental value delivery and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Design and implement enterprise-grade load balancing solutions across data centers, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and edge environments.
• Develop strategic roadmaps for application delivery modernization, including migration to cloud-native and container-based platforms.
• Evaluate and recommend ADC technologies (e.g., F5 BIG-IP, NGINX, Citrix NetScaler, AVI Networks) based on business and technical requirements.
• ADC / Load Balancer modernization with declarative configs, advanced routing, TLS / WAF rdening, and service mesh alignment.
• Tactical Response — Rapid activation to resolve global incidents, codify playbooks, and translate lessons learned into enduring standards.
• Network Consulting — Conduct assessments, provide reference architectures, and guide decision-making with executive-ready recommendations.
• Solution & Planning — Define and execute well-structured solution packages (HLD, LLD, BoM, QA, automation models) aligned with the One Management model. Empsize Infra-as-Code, observability, and governance at every stage.
• Gap Analysis — Map as-is to to-be states across people, process, technology, and compliance, prioritizing remediation into quick wins and strategic programs.
• Policy-as-Code and automation-first delivery, rmonizing firewall and cloud perimeter controls, detecting drift, and ensuring compliance.

Engineering & Optimization

Automation & Integration

Security & Compliance

Cross-Functional Leadership

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Expertise

Certifications

Experience

Soft Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Requirements

Azure Cloud Lead Developer to lead the design, implementation, and automation of Azure infrastructure for a financial services client.