F5 Web Administrator

Working Job Description

• Responsible for contributing to the design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of F5 appliances; oversees the configuration, operation, and administration of F5 appliances.
• Contribute to the design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of the F5 appliances utilizing best practices of F5 technology along with other aspects of client security.
• Contribute and engineer the F5 Local and Global Traffic Manager, Access Policy Manager Application Security Manger modules.
• Collaborate with Network and Systems Administrators and other support teams for provisioning of Virtual Machines and/or installation of physical devices within the data center, and to ensure secure communication paths for traffic and remote management.
• Collaborate with Architects on solutions addressing application delivery, integration, and access control needs.
• Configure and maintain the cryptographic elements within F5 including crypto profiles, identification and validation credentials, encryption and signing keys, x509 certificates, and Hypertext Transfer PS front-side handlers, and advises on key rotation and certificate validation and renewal strategies.
• Develop iRules and apply rules within the F5 appliances.
• Troubleshoot and debug services using problem determination tools and logs provided with the F5 appliances.
• Monitor security bulletins and mitigate issues as necessary to ensure compliance.
• Perform and oversee ongoing configuration and administration of the F5.
• Conduct detailed research and recommend approaches for identity management and access control.
• Configure monitoring using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and off-box logging to Splunk-based Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).
• Test F5 configurations in non-production environments to ensure they meet functional requirements.
• Implement reusable patterns and write scripts and programs to facilitate or automate configuration and administration tasks, deployment of applications and services, and migration of service configurations through development and testing environments, to production.
• Monitor firmware releases, security bulletins, and vendor notifications.
• Evaluates, recommends, plans, and applies firmware updates. Assist in the provisioning of user accounts, access groups, and application domains.
• Document operational policies and procedures based on established client requirements and security controls, industry-standard practices, and vendor recommendations.
• Understand and develop JAVA based code.
• Administer Windows and\or Linux servers.
• Familiarity with STIGs, SCAP scans and benchmarks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science.
• Five plus years of F5 Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM), and Application Security (ASM) modules experience.
• Two plus years F5 Global Traffic Manager (GTM) experience.
• Five years of Application Security experience.
• Five years SAML experience (Microsoft ADFS or other).
• Five years of experience with troubleshooting services on F5 appliances.
• Five years Administration and monitoring experience with F5 - Five years of experience in advanced Extensible Markup Language (XML) concepts.
• Two years of experience supporting government agencies.

Secret Security Clearance Required

Required Certification

Certified BIG-IP Administrator and/or F5 Certified Technology Specialist

DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level II certification

Desired Certifications

F5 Certified Solution Expert, Microsoft Server Administrator, Linux Server Administrator