F5 Network - Applicance Migration Engineer - Part Time Role - 20 to 40 Hours a Week - 100% Remote

Job Title: F5 Network Engineer – Appliance Migration Specialist

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced F5 Network Engineer / F5 Migration Specialist to support enterprise network infrastructure migration projects. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP solutions, application delivery, load balancing, SSL configuration, network infrastructure, and high-availability (HA) deployments.

The role involves migrating existing F5 or third-party load-balancing configurations to F5 platforms, configuring network and application services, supporting production cutovers, troubleshooting migration issues, and providing post-migration support.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute F5 appliance migration projects from existing F5 hardware, F5 Virtual Edition (VE), or comparable third-party platforms.
• Participate in customer discovery sessions, technical kickoff meetings, infrastructure reviews, and migration planning.
• Review existing network diagrams, application configurations, and technical requirements to develop migration plans.
• Install and configure F5 BIG-IP appliances, including management IPs, hostnames, licensing, software provisioning, and administrative access.
• Configure network components, including VLANs, VLAN tags, Self IPs, trunks, floating IPs, routing, and network connectivity.
• Implement and validate high-availability (HA) configurations, failover connectivity, device groups, and traffic groups.
• Migrate and configure Virtual Servers, load-balancing components, health monitors, NAT/SNAT, SSL certificates, and client/server SSL profiles.
• Review existing configurations and scripts for compatibility with the target F5 platform and TMOS software version.
• Configure logging, SNMP traps, monitoring, remote authentication, and other administration features as required.
• Validate migrated application functionality, troubleshoot configuration issues, and support production cutover during scheduled maintenance windows.
• Perform failover and fault testing and assist with activating the migrated F5 solution in production.
• Provide post-migration support, knowledge transfer, operational guidance, and troubleshooting documentation.
• Collaborate with customer network, infrastructure, application, and security teams to ensure a smooth migration.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP technologies and appliance configuration.
• Experience with load balancing, application delivery, and application traffic management.
• Knowledge of LTM concepts, Virtual Servers, pools, nodes, health monitors, and traffic management profiles.
• Experience configuring VLANs, Self IPs, trunks, routing, NAT, and SNAT.
• Experience with SSL/TLS certificates, keys, and client-side/server-side SSL profiles.
• Knowledge of high availability, failover, redundancy, and production cutover procedures.
• Experience troubleshooting network connectivity, application availability, and load-balancing issues.
• Familiarity with TMOS software versions, F5 licensing, system administration, logging, and monitoring.
• Ability to review existing configurations and develop migration plans with minimal disruption to business services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience migrating configurations from legacy F5 platforms or competing load-balancing solutions to F5 BIG-IP.
• Experience with F5 Virtual Edition, virtualized deployments, vCMP, or F5OS tenants, where applicable.
• Familiarity with LDAP, Active Directory, RADIUS, or TACACS+ authentication integrations.
• Experience supporting enterprise production environments and scheduled after-hours maintenance windows.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, customer communication, and technical coordination skills.

Work Environment

• Remote delivery and customer collaboration.
• Participation in scheduled maintenance windows, including non-business hours for production cutovers.
• Coordination with customer technical teams throughout planning, migration, testing, and post-implementation support.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on F5 specialist who can independently assess existing configurations, plan and execute migrations, validate application traffic and high availability, troubleshoot production issues, and communicate effectively with customer stakeholders.

• Interested candidates: Please apply with your updated resume highlighting your F5 BIG-IP experience, migration …