Principal Network Architect

Brooksource
Durham, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Durham, United States of America

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol
Distributed Systems
DNS
HAProxy
Monitoring of Systems
Microsoft Visio
Routing
Citrix Systems
Nginx
Open Shortest Path First
Performance Tuning
TCP/IP
Virtual Local Area Networks
Transport Layer Security
Load Balancing
System Availability
Low Latency
SolarWinds (Software)
Interactive Whiteboards
Cts+
Splunk
Cisco networks
Citrix Netscaler

Job description

  • Architect, configure, and operate global load?balancing platforms (F5 BIG?IP LTM/GTM, GSLB, HAProxy, NGINX, and other ADC technologies).
  • Design and implement high?availability and failover strategies across multiple global sites.
  • Develop and refine traffic?routing logic including iRules, DNS/GSLB policies, health checks, SSL termination, header manipulation, and L4/L7 flow engineering.
  • Monitor, analyze, and optimize performance using enterprise observability tools.
  • Partner closely with application owners, engineering teams, security groups, and architects.
  • Lead troubleshooting for traffic?flow issues, failover anomalies, latency, and performance events.
  • Create and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and incident?response procedures.
  • Lead incident response and performance tuning efforts.
  • Test and qualify load balancers within business?continuity environments and build test beds as needed.

Requirements

  • 13+ years of hands?on load?balancing experience supporting high?traffic enterprise environments.
  • Expert?level knowledge of F5 BIG?IP (LTM, GTM/GSLB), iRules, TCP/IP, DNS, SSL, and application?traffic management.
  • Strong understanding of high?availability architectures, failover mechanisms, and routing protocols.
  • Experience working in multi?site global environments.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation abilities.
  • Load Balancers: F5 BIG?IP, HAProxy, NGINX, NetScaler.
  • Traffic Engineering: iRules, DNS/GSLB, SSL offloading, health checks, L4/L7 routing.
  • Network Core: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, network?security fundamentals.
  • HA & Resiliency: failover automation, multi?site redundancy, DR strategies.
  • Monitoring Tools: SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, Splunk.
  • Experience using design tools such as Miro or Visio.

Nice to Have

  • Background supporting large distributed systems or regulated enterprise environments.
  • Familiarity with Citrix ADC, NetScaler, Cisco ACE, or hybrid?cloud load?balancing solutions.
  • Relevant certifications (F5 CTS/CCE, CCNP, CCIE, etc.).
  • Experience with enterprise?scale monitoring platforms.
  • Knowledge of business?continuity strategies and approaches to high availability.

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