Load Balancing Engineer

Title : F5 Load Balancing Engineer / SME

Location / Schedule : Hybrid Philadelphia, PA 19104 8am-430pm

Compensation : $50-60 / hr

Duration / Type : 18-24 mo contract-to-hire

Why Open : Moving Load Balancers from version 2xx to 4xx enterprise wide

Interview Process : 2 rounds, virtual

Start Date : ASAP (approx. 2 weeks after offer acceptance)

Auth : USC / GC, ability to convert without sponsorship

Must Haves :

• Experience designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining F5 BIG-IP & Citrix NetScaler (Citrix ADC) Load Balancers
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve performance issues related to load balancers and backend servers
• Migration experience
• Stakeholder management / ability to collaborate with different internal teams

Plusses

Day-to-Day Summary

As a Load Balancing Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain scalable and redundant load balancing solutions for applications, websites, and services. You’ll manage and troubleshoot load balancers (including F5 BIG-IP and Citrix NetScaler), optimize traffic flow, and collaborate with network security teams to ensure compliance and best practices. You’ll also handle migrations between load balancing platforms, resolve performance issues, and support network hardware and protocols. This position will begin with 3-4 days onsite per week in Philadelphia (19104) and then become hybrid / remote once you've completed orientation, learned the system, and met stakeholders.