[Remote] F5 Applicance Migration Engineer - Part Time Role - 20 to 40 Hours a Week - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. iShift is recruiting for an F5 Network Engineer – Appliance Migration Specialist to support enterprise network infrastructure migration projects. The role plans and executes migrations to F5 BIG-IP platforms, configures network and application services, supports production cutovers, and provides post-migration troubleshooting and guidance.

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

Skills

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, customer communication, and technical coordination skills

Benefits

• Remote delivery and customer collaboration.

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