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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