Load Balancing Engineer

 Interview: Phone and face to face (Candidates need to be local (within an hour or so))
Client: CIT

Description:  
·         10+ years IT experience required, minimum 4 years in Load Balancing technology and DNS              
·         Load Balancing Engineer with hands-on experience on Citrix NetScaler with GSLB multiple site configuration as well as F5 BIG-IP GTM and LTM.
·         This highly dynamic position will interact with application teams across the organization to engineer, document, and support load balancing solutions unique to the application requirements.
·         The Load Balancing Engineer will be an expert in the Citrix NetScaler or F5 Load Balancing platforms, must have integration/configuration/administration experience, and possess a solid Network background including an understanding of switch, network routing and firewall concepts.
·         The Load Balancing Engineer must possess very strong troubleshooting skills as well as a strong TCP understanding as it pertains to packet inspection and TCP flow in the Network and Application flows.
·         The Load Balancing Engineer must have a very good understanding of DNS functionality and concepts as it relates to IPv4 and IPv6. Experience with and/or knowledge/understanding of Infoblox a plus.
 
SKILLS:
·         Extensive knowledge of Load balancing technology including algorithms and health check options
·         Extensive knowledge and experience with hosting SSL certificates on Citrix NetScaler or F5 platforms
·         Extensive knowledge of Citrix NetScaler VIP configuration with custom health check
·         Knowledge and experience with Citrix NetScaler responder policy configurations
·         Knowledge and experience with Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway configurations
·         Knowledge and experience with Citrix NetScaler content switching configurations
·         *Extensive knowledge and experience regarding F5 BIG-IP LTM VIP for the purpose of migrating to NetScaler.
·         Candidate MUST have extensive experience working in structured change management processes for highly available enterprise networks.
·         Candidate MUST have production environment experience consisting of Global load balancing, Local load balancing, SSL acceleration, HTTP compression/caching, and DNS
·         Candidate MUST have strong Networking Experience - TCP/IP, Administration of networking hardware
·         Candidate MUST have design and maintenance experience with complex Web hosting network architectures
·         Candidate MUST have experience building and configuring major Internet host/network services including but not limited to: Web (http, SSL, etc.), Mail (sendmail, etc.), DNS, NFS, NIS/NIS+, Automounter, Databases (Oracle, SQL, etc.) and Java
·         Experience directly managing routers, switches, load balancers and SSL accelerators in a high-availability infrastructure is required
·         Expert knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery
·         Expert understanding of TCP as it pertains to packet inspection and network/application flows
·         Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make recommendations for system changes, as needed, to resolve issues
·         Will be expected to provide documentation describing projects, deliverables and timelines
·         Will be expected to report on project status
·         Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills
·         Expert ability to work independently and manage ones time
·         Expert mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback