Job Description
Network Admin/Engineer will have primary responsibility for
·       F5 load balancers
·       Fortinet firewalls including analyzer and manager
·       Brocade, cisco, and extreme L2/L3 switches
·       Ivanti/Pulse VPN
 
30 % F5 load balancers
Provide primary, expert leadership, architecture design, and management of f5 load balancers. Expert-level knowledge of load balancing, GSLB, SNAT, routing, irules, URL rewriting, and certificates. Maintain F5s in a safe, consistent state. Primary responsibility for the security of devices. Stay current on CVEs and apply patches. Upgrade hardware and OS when necessary. Lead load-balancing discussions with clients. Provide leadership in hybrid on-prem/cloud (AWS) load balancing discussion. 
 
30 % L2 network support
Manage L2 network infrastructure at multiple data centers. Assign networking tasks to the operations team. Upgrade the existing mix of switches to juniper QFX. Design, manage, and own the network architecture. The primary point of contact for Data Center networking issues, tickets, architecture, and coordination with UCD NOC for Wan connectivity. 
 
20 % programming support
Provide ad hoc programming and configuration management support when needed. Expertise using Ansible for configuration management. Familiarity with PHP, python, apache, and mysql for occasional programming needs. These are for homegrown applications supporting configuration management, client chargeback, and user-facing web portals. 
 
10% Fortinet firewalls, analyzer, manager support
Provide support and expertise for Fortinet firewall infrastructure. Assist in the design and build-out of firewalls. Lead networking architecture discussions of firewalls. Occasionally manage rules and policies via the manager. Build reports via analyzer. Support point-to-point VPNs hosted on firewalls. 
 
10 % ivanti VPN support
Provide support for networking expertise for the Ivanti/Pulse VPN platform. Lead networking discussions related to VPNs.  Upgrade platform when needed. Engage with clients to understand needs then configure VPN accordingly. Integrate VPNs with AD authentication. Maintain licensing to ensure uninterrupted service. 
 
Qualifications:

• Expert level F5 experience including installation, configuration, OS upgrades, irules, load balancing
• Expert level experience configuring L2 networking including determining equipment, installation, configuration, VLANs, and LAGs. 
• Experience configuring and managing firewalls

 
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cisco and Juniper switches.
• Experience with Fortinet firewalls including manager and analyzer.
• Experience writing and modifying code in PHP, python. Experience with SQL.

Experience with VPNs, point-to-point and end-user client VPNs