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Position Summary: 
The Lead Director of F5 Load Balancing Engineering is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and management of enterprise-level load balancing solutions. This role will lead a team of engineers, ensuring high availability, security, and performance of F5 Load Balancer environments across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have expert knowledge of F5 technologies (LTM, GTM, APM, ASM), experience with multi-tier application delivery systems, and be skilled in directing large-scale infrastructure projects from inception to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement the strategic vision for the organization’s F5 Load Balancing architecture, aligning with broader IT and business objectives.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of engineers, ensuring professional development and high performance in maintaining and improving the F5 infrastructure.
• Architecture Design: Design and manage the global F5 load balancing architecture, ensuring redundancy, scalability, and optimized performance across all environments.
• F5 Product Expertise: Leverage in-depth knowledge of F5 BIG-IP modules such as LTM, GTM, APM, ASM, AFM, and iRules to design effective and secure solutions.
• Project Management: Lead complex load balancing projects, from requirements gathering and technical design to execution and support, ensuring timely and within-budget delivery.
• Collaboration: Partner with network, security, and application teams to ensure seamless integration of F5 solutions into the larger infrastructure.
• Incident and Problem Management: Oversee the resolution of escalated load balancing issues, ensuring minimal downtime and service disruption, while driving continuous improvement efforts.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure all load balancing solutions meet the necessary security standards and compliance requirements, especially in regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare).
• Innovation: Stay up to date with the latest advancements in F5 and load balancing technologies and recommend new solutions or improvements to existing systems. Drive automation within the load balancer space. Lead the F5 and Load balancing space into streamlined processes. 

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in networking or application delivery roles, with a focus on F5 technologies.
• 5+ years of extensive experience designing and managing enterprise-level F5 load balancing solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading and managing teams of engineers
• Expert-level understanding of F5 technologies including LTM, GTM, APM, ASM, AFM, and iRules scripting.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, and SSL.
• Experience with automation and orchestration tools (Ansible, Terraform, etc.) is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud load balancing (AWS, Azure, GCP) is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience).

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.  This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. 
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/28/2024

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.