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Intermediate F5 Engineer - Contract - Onsite
(PDG2000483552)
Overview
Reference
PDG2000483552
Salary
ZAR500 - ZAR560/hour
Job Location
- South Africa -- Johannesburg Metro -- Johannesburg
Job Type
Contract
Posted
26 August 2025
Closing date
26 Sep 2025 20:59
Role Summary:
A skilled and experienced F5 Engineer to support the day-to-day operations of our F5 environment. This role is critical in maintaining a secure and highly available infrastructure across South Africa and the broader Africa Region.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure the stability, security, and availability of the F5 environment through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and incident resolution.
- Lead the planning and implementation of changes, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions aligned with business requirements and technical standards.
- Provide expert-level support for the F5 estate, including troubleshooting and resolving complex issues in production environments.
- Operate within the IT Service Management (ITSM) framework, utilizing Remedy for managing Change, Incident, and Problem Management processes.
- Participate in a standby/on-call rotation and be available for after-hours maintenance and change deployments to ensure service continuity.
- Engage in crisis management calls as needed to support rapid incident resolution.
Requirements:
- Matric and a Tertiary Qualification
- F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA)
- BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
- 5 years' experience in successful F5 implementations and troubleshooting in production environments
- Strong understanding of ITSM processes and experience using Remedy.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including overtime and after-hours support.
Skills:
- F5 Technologies: Expertise in F5 BIG-IP modules including LTM (Local Traffic Manager),
- Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in iRules
- Networking: Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs and load balancing concepts.
- Security: Experience with SSL/TLS offloading and certificate management
- Monitoring & Logging: Familiarity with tools such as Splunk, SolarWinds, or equivalent for performance monitoring and log analysis.
- Cloud & Virtualization: Exposure to cloud environments (AWS) and virtualized F5 deployments (VE).
- Troubleshooting Tools: Skilled in packet capture and analysis using tools like Wireshark or tcpdump.
- Operating Systems: VLOS and TMOS (Latest Versions)
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