Senior F5 Application Delivery Network Engineer

Job Details: Job Description: About the Role   Intel Information Technology (IT) is seeking a Senior F5 Application Delivery Network Engineer join a high-performing team responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and scalable application delivery services across Intel's global enterprise environment.   In this role, you will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise-scale application delivery and load-balancing solutions. You will collaborate with network engineering, security, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure business-critical services remain highly available, secure, and optimized for performance.   The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in F5 technologies with strong problem-solving skills, a continuous-improvement mindset, and a passion for building and operating highly available infrastructure at scale.   What You’ll Do Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:   • Provide senior-level engineering expertise for F5 BIG-IP application delivery platforms. • Engineer, configure, test, and support application delivery and load-balancing solutions. • Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex F5 and application connectivity issues. • Serve as a senior escalation point for critical production and manufacturing incidents. • Drive platform availability, resiliency, standardization, and continuous improvement. • Lead evaluation, testing, pilot, and production readiness activities for major architecture, operating system, and configuration changes. • Develop and maintain standardized configurations, engineering documentation, operating procedures, and troubleshooting knowledge. • Lead or support platform lifecycle activities, including software upgrades and end-of-support/end-of-life refresh. • Partner with manufacturing engineering teams on testing, releases, critical changes, factory shutdown activities, and complex production issues. • Work with F5 and other technology suppliers on complex technical issues and product escalations. Review application requirements and translate them into secure, scalable, and highly available application delivery solutions. • Identify opportunities for automation and self-service to improve engineering efficiency and reduce operational risk. • Participate in technical reviews and provide engineering guidance for new capabilities and deployments. • Mentor junior engineers and help build deeper technical capability across the team.   Behavioral traits that we are looking for: • Strong ownership and accountability for service reliability and operational excellence. • Ability to effectively manage priorities and make sound decisions in fast-paced environments. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to troubleshooting. • A continuous-learning mindset and curiosity for emerging technologies. • Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills across technical and non-technical teams. • Ability to influence through technical expertise, communication, and partnership. • Commitment to documentation, process improvement, and knowledge sharing. • Customer-focused thinking with an understanding of business impact and service quality. • Resilience and composure during production incidents and critical situations. • A proactive approach to identifying risks, opportunities, and operational improvements.   Intel invests in our people and offers a complete and competitive package of benefits employees and their families through every stage of life.  • See  Intel Benefits  for more details.  Qualifications: You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are i