Load Balancer Expert
- Covalensedigital
- 7 - 12 years
- 4 months ago
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Job Description
Job Description Load Balancer Expert
Location : Onsite (Riyadh)
Experience Level: Senior (710+ years preferred)
Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Load Balancer Expert to design, implement, optimize, and support enterprise-grade load balancing and traffic management solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with F5, Citrix ADC (NetScaler), HAProxy, NGINX, Fortinet LB (Forti-ADC) or AWS/GCP/Azure Load Balancing services, as well as deep expertise in application delivery, high availability, and performance optimization.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and deploy advanced load balancing solutions for internal and external applications.
- Configure Layer 4 (L4) and Layer 7 (L7) load balancing, SSL offloading, traffic steering, and health monitoring.
- Integrate load balancing with application firewalls, reverse proxies, and security appliances.
- Manage and optimize load balancer configurations to ensure peak performance and minimal downtime.
- Monitor traffic patterns, identify bottlenecks, and fine-tune rules/policies.
- Apply patches, firmware upgrades, and capacity planning for load balancing devices and services.
- Implement and maintain SSL/TLS certificates, cipher configurations, and security best practices.
- Work with the security team to protect against DDoS attacks, OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, and zero-day threats.
- Partner with application, network, and DevOps teams for seamless integration and troubleshooting.
- Provide Level 3/4 escalation support for load balancing and related networking issues.
- Document architecture, configurations, change logs, and operational procedures.
Required Skills & Experience
- Deep knowledge of at least one enterprise load balancing platform (e.g., F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM, Citrix ADC, HAProxy, NGINX Plus, Avi Networks, Kemp, Radware).
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, HTTP2, QUIC, and related networking protocols.
- Experience with WAF integration, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), Content Switching, URL rewriting, and traffic redirection.
- Familiarity with cloud-native load balancing services (AWS ELB/ALB/NLB, Azure Front Door, Google Cloud Load Balancer).
- Scripting skills (Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform) for automation.
- Exposure to Kubernetes ingress controllers and service mesh traffic management.
- Understanding of monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus) for performance tracking.
- High-level security knowledge, including encryption standards, secure architecture design, network segmentation, and advanced threat mitigation strategies.
- Intermediate networking experience (IP Addressing, VLANS, routing, )
- Intermediate Firewall and network security experience (Polices, NATing, SSL offloading, )
- Application Security concepts.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Relevant certifications preferred: F5 Certified Technology Specialist (LTM, GTM), Citrix Certified Professional Networking (CCP-N), AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud Networking certifications.
- Minimum 57 years of hands-on experience in load balancing and application delivery technologies.
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work under pressure in high-availability environments.
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
- Collaborative mindset with cross-functional teams.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: IT & Information SecurityRole Category: IT Infrastructure ServicesRole: IT Infrastructure Services - OtherEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: CovalensedigitalLocation(s): Onsite
Keyskills: Load Balancing GTM Nginx Azure LTM NLB Prometheus Bash Grafana F5 Terraform ALB Ansible ELB Splunk AWS HAproxy Python Kubernetes
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