Network Engineer L2

Role & responsibilities

Job Description F5 & Azure Network Engineer

Primary Skillsets

• F5 BIG-IP / LTM – Mandatory
• Microsoft Azure Networking – Mandatory
• WAF – Added Advantage

Key Responsibilities

F5 BIG-IP / Load Balancing

• Administer, configure, and troubleshoot F5 BIG-IP LTM.
• Manage Virtual Servers, Pools, Pool Members, Health Monitors, Profiles, Persistence, and SNAT.
• Troubleshoot L4/L7 load-balancing, application connectivity, and traffic-flow issues.
• Perform F5 configuration changes, health checks, backups, and operational activities as per approved procedures.

Azure Networking

• Support implementation and operational management of new Azure services.
• Configure and troubleshoot Azure networking, routing, DNS, firewall, and connectivity requirements.
• Support Azure-to-on-premises connectivity and service onboarding.
• Validate end-to-end connectivity and coordinate with Cloud, Security, and Application teams.

WAF – Added Advantage

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of Web Application Firewall (WAF) concepts.
• Experience with F5 Advanced WAF/ASM or equivalent WAF technologies is preferred.
• Troubleshoot WAF-related application access and security policy issues.

Service Routing & Customer Network Access

• Configure and troubleshoot service routing and customer-specific network connectivity.
• Troubleshoot routing, reachability, asymmetric routing, and traffic-flow issues.
• Validate connectivity between customer networks and hosted services.

IPsec & BGP VPN

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot site-to-site IPsec VPN tunnels.
• Troubleshoot IKE Phase 1/Phase 2, encryption, PFS, NAT-T, and tunnel stability issues.
• Troubleshoot BGP VPN connectivity, neighbour relationships, route advertisements, and route propagation.

Incident & Operations Support

• Respond to incidents and alerts within defined SLAs.
• Perform troubleshooting, impact assessment, and root-cause analysis.
• Execute operational tasks in accordance with Client-approved SOPs.
• Perform approved changes, health checks, and maintenance activities.
• Coordinate with internal, customer, cloud, application, and vendor teams.
• Maintain accurate incident and operational documentation.

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP LTM.
• Good experience with Microsoft Azure Networking.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing, DNS, NAT, and network troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of IPsec VPN and BGP.
• Experience in enterprise infrastructure operations and SLA-based support.
• Experience working in a 165 operations environment is preferred.

Added Advantage

• F5 Advanced WAF / ASM experience.
• Azure Application Gateway / Azure Load Balancer.
• F5 iRules.
• F5 BIG-IP DNS/GTM.
• Firewall and network security experience.
• Relevant F5, Cisco, or Microsoft Azure certifications.

Preferred candidate profile

Only Immediate joiners and PF is mandatory