Ascension · 1 month ago
Senior Network Load Balancing Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$116K/yr - $162K/yr
8+ years expAscension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. The role involves owning and optimizing enterprise load balancing and application delivery platforms, serving as a senior technical escalation point for complex traffic management issues, and driving continuous improvement across various platforms.
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Responsibilities
Own and optimize enterprise load balancing and application delivery platforms, ensuring the availability, performance, and resiliency of critical business applications
Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex Layer 4–7 traffic management and application delivery issues, leading root-cause analysis and restoring service in high-availability production environments
Drive continuous improvement across F5, Citrix ADC, and VMware AVI platforms through automation, optimization, application onboarding, and operational excellence initiatives
Qualification
Required
High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience OR 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required
8–10+ years of experience in network engineering, with significant focus on load balancing and application delivery
Proven experience operating in large-scale, enterprise environments
Expert-level hands-on experience with: F5 BIG-IP platform, Citrix NetScaler / ADC, VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI)
Strong expertise in: Layer 4–7 protocols (HTTP/S, TCP, UDP, SSL/TLS, DNS), Load balancing methods, persistence, and traffic steering, SSL offloading and certificate management
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-tier application issues
F5 certifications (CTS or higher)
Citrix ADC certifications (CCA-N / CCP-N or higher)
VMware NSX / AVI-related certifications
Preferred
2 years of leadership or management experience preferred
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Company
Ascension
Answering God's call to bring health, healing and hope to all.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Andy Davis
President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascension Texas
Betsy Aderholdt
Regional President & CEO Mid Michigan Ministries
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