F5 Integrator
Company: Leidos
Location: Montgomery
Posted on: November 19, 2023
Job Description:
Description Leidos is currently seeking a F5 Integrator in
support of the AFINC II contract for the highly visible 26th
Network Operations Squadron (26 NOS) at Montgomery, AL, which
provides a world-wide support mission. The 26 NOS is responsible
for the intranet support of the entire Air Force network. The
mission of the 26 NOS is to operate and defend the Air Force (AF)
Enterprise computer network consisting of the AF Wide Area Network
(WAN) routers, AF Network Increment 1 (AFNET Inc 1) Gateways, and
the 26 NOS Local Area Network (LAN) assets. The F5 Integrator will
complete basic configurations on the F5, including but not limited
to: OS upgrades, trunking, and general troubleshooting of F5
devices using load balancing strategies/techniques, expertise in
application switching/traffic management, knowledge of persistence
and SSL certificates. If you are seeking a challenging place to
work, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications
Primary Responsibilities
- F5 BIG-IP Administrator must operate and maintain F5
appliances, configurations and identify BIG-IP Traffic Processing
Objects
- Must perform proper understanding of traffic management shell
hierarchical structures and their navigation; understanding of how
to use TCPDUMP on BIG-IP Systems.
- Admins are responsible for shutting down and restarting BIG-IP
systems; restoring from backups
- Assist in managing IP load balanced traffic and viewing
statistics and logs
- Configure virtual servers, pools and monitor BIG-IP
configuration states and files.
- Save and replicate configuration data and oversee transitions
onto a BIG-IP system
- Administrators must map IP addresses with NATs and resolve
routing issues with SNATs
- Ability to create virtual server SNAT auto maps, manage pools
and members as well as node statuses
- Use network maps and understand profile types and
dependencies
- Administrators must introduce source address affinity
persistence and cookie persistence, and manage object states and
handle SSL offloads and re-encryption
- Provide high availability services within the local
LAN/MAN/WAN; intelligent DNS routing; deliver load balancing
administration and support for managing secure two-factor
authentication (2FA) user authentication sessions with Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) CAC or PIV Smart Card via BIG-IP management
interface between enterprise directory service locations/data
centers
- Troubleshoot network problems, network device configurations,
and coordinate with various department administrators to facilitate
connectivity issue resolution
- Participate in development and support of customer technical
requirements and technical solutions
- Industry and F5 networks-targeted technologies i.e. Application
Delivery Control, Application Access Control, Web Application
Firewall Security, etc.
- Support, troubleshoot and configure SSL intercept/inspection,
web certificates, certificate management, PKI Certificate Authority
(CA) bundles, private/public keys
- Assist in meeting compliance baseline configuration, inventory,
and best practice requirements while operating to security
standards to aide in reducing gaps in cyber security risk
exposure
- Audit, record configurations, conduct assessments and submit
suggestions to end-user applications
- Candidate will coordinate system activities such as deploying,
configuring, monitoring, tuning, upgrading, and troubleshooting F5
BIG-IP components spanning local, remote and complex enclaves
- Document F5 BIG-IP systems for each network to include IP
addresses, Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), DNS entries, Role
Based Access Controls (RBAC), service accounts, certificates,
licenses and physical/virtual location of each component
- System administrator skills with Linux, UNIX, Microsoft or
application knowledge
- Ability to install and patch operating systems, applications,
and document Department Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security
Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs) / Security Requirements
Guide (SRG), applicable to each Non-classified or Secret Internet
Protocol (IP) Router Network (NIPRNet, SIPRNet) environment for all
ACAS implementations
- Ability to leverage asset management solutions and enterprise
network application tools such as ACAS Tenable, Forescout,
SolarWinds Orion, Trellix/McAfee Endpoint Security Solutions (ESS),
etc.
- Follow established change management process, systems access,
implement changes or configuration, and test changes. Apply
expertise in system administration, information security, and
infrastructure to enhance established policies and procedures,
operations, and implement best practices
- Ensures networks receive periodic updates from AFCYBER-released
software patches, updates, and upgrades via Time Compliance
Technical Orders (TCTO), Time Compliance Network Orders (TCNO),
Maintenance Tasking Order (MTO) and Notices to Airman (NOTAMs)
- Perform systems analysis, design review, integration of complex
system applications
- Ensure external networks receive cybersecurity inventory
reporting for compliance data via ACAS to DISA CMRS, Splunk logging
and DoD Enterprise Logging Ingest and Cyber Situational Awareness
Refinery (ELICSAR) Big Data Platform (BDP)
- Participate in all phases of the Vulnerability Management (VM)
life cycle with emphasis on the scan, mitigation, remediation, and
reporting phases
- Rack and provision government furnished equipment (GFE) servers
when applicable Basic Qualifications
- Candidate must be a valid F5 Certified Administrator (F5-CA)
BIG-IP certification in order to receive administrative permissions
on the F5 appliance(s):
- Senior Level: Above Exams 101, 201 for F5-CA BIG-IP plus F5
BIG-IP LTM: Exam 301A BIG-IP LTM Specialist : Architect, Setup,
Deploy and Exam 301B BIG-IP LTM Specialist: Maintain and
Troubleshoot
- Candidate should have 1 to 4 years of years of hands-on
experience in:
- Load balancer or local traffic management products
- Familiarity using virtual IP load balancing best practices
- Linux-based or Windows operating systems support with
experience in mid-to-large enterprise data center environment;
familiarity with network patch/update management
- Exposure interacting with virtualized environments (VMware
vSphere, ESXi)
- Demonstrate advanced diagnostics, analytical, critical thinking
and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to manage, evaluate and prioritize workload to
accommodate and align with business objectives, security concerns,
and costs
- Knowledge of data communications, local-area networking (LAN),
wide-area networking (WAN), routers, switches, or firewalls
- Advanced networking concepts, VLAN, trunking and port
channel
- Thorough understanding of Internet Protocol (IP) routing,
switching, and OSI model
- High School Diploma/GED with 4+ years of related experience or
Technical degree, Associates or Bachelor's degree in Computer
Science/Information Systems, S.T.E.M. plus 2-4 years' relevant
experience in Information Technology preferably within systems or
applications administration is acceptable
- Active Secret government security clearance required.
- Requires DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification: CompTIA
Security+ CE (Continuing Education) or Higher
- Requires one CE Certification Specialist for Senior Level:
- F5 Certified Technical Specialist BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager
(F5-CTS BIG IP LTM)
- Retired F5 Global Traffic Manager (F5-CA GTM) will be
considered
- F5 Certified Technical Specialist BIG-IP Domain Naming Services
(F5-CTS BIG IP DNS)
- F5 Certified Technical Specialist BIG-IP Application Security
Manager (F5-CTS BIG IP ASM)
- F5 Certified Technical Specialist BIG-IP Access Policy Manager
(F5-CTS BIG IP APM) Pay Range: Pay Range $54,600.00 - $98,700.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only
and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors
considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to)
responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge,
skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with
market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other
law.
Keywords: Leidos, Montgomery , F5 Integrator, Other , Montgomery, Alabama
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