Network Engineer – F5

CVS Health

F5 Network Operations Engineer supporting enterprise-grade application delivery services and ensuring stability and security of F5 BIG-IP platforms. Collaborating with teams and optimizing traffic flows.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $92,700 - $185,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AssemblyDNSTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operate and maintain F5 BIG-IP platforms (LTM, DNS/GTM, ASM/Advanced WAF, APM as applicable) in production environments.
Monitor F5 infrastructure health, performance, and availability using enterprise monitoring tools.
Perform incident response, root-cause analysis, and remediation for application delivery and load-balancing issues.
Manage and troubleshoot: Virtual servers, Pools and pool members, Profiles (HTTP, TCP, SSL), iRules (operational support; development a plus).
Execute change activities including configuration updates, software upgrades, patches, and certificate renewals following change management processes.
Support high availability, failover, and disaster recovery configurations (sync-failover device groups, active/active, active/standby).
Partner with application, security, and network teams to onboard new applications and optimize traffic flows.
Maintain accurate documentation for F5 configurations, operational procedures, and runbooks.
Participate in on-call rotation and provide after-hours support for critical incidents.
Ensure platforms adhere to security, compliance, and operational standards under InfoSec governance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of hands-on experience supporting F5 BIG-IP in an enterprise production environment
Strong expertise in LTM; working knowledge of ASM/WAF, APM, or DNS preferred
Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS SSL/TLS and certificate lifecycle management VLANs, routing, NAT
Experience troubleshooting complex application delivery or performance issues
Familiarity with change management, incident management, and ITIL-based operational processes
Ability to read, interpret, and make minor modifications to iRules
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off
Retirement savings options
Wellness programs
Other resources based on eligibility

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Hard Skills & Tools

F5 BIG-IPLTMASMWAFAPMiRulesTCP/IPDNSHTTPSSL/TLS

Soft Skills

communicationincident responseroot-cause analysistroubleshootingdocumentationcollaborationchange managementITILproblem-solvingafter-hours support