Senior DevOps Engineer – Application Delivery and Load Balancing

Job Posting Title:

Senior DevOps Engineer – Application Delivery and Load Balancing

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Hiring Department:

Enterprise Technology - Campus Solutions

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

Flexible work arrangements are available for this position, including the ability to work remotely (90%). Remote work for individuals who reside outside Texas but within the United States and its territories will be considered and requires Central Office approval.

This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses).

Enterprise Technology is dedicated to supporting the mission of the University of Texas at Austin of unlocking potential and preparing future leaders of the state.

Your skills will make a difference.

You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working for our campus.

The University of Texas at Austin and Enterprise Technology provide an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include:

• Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Training and conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Athletic ticket discounts
• Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

This position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work.

Purpose

Work closely with a variety of university stakeholders to deliver centralized, scalable load balancing and application delivery solutions across on-premises and cloud environments. As lead of the Application Delivery Controller service, the Sr. DevOps Engineer will leverage expertise in F5 architecture within complex enterprise networks. They will configure, maintain, and optimize F5 ADCs, automating deployments and enhancing infrastructure resilience. This role involves developing automated configuration management, technical documentation, and technical designs. The Sr. DevOps Engineer will collaborate with application, network, and security teams to optimize performance, improve security posture, provide production support, and troubleshoot connectivity and operational issues to ensure robust application delivery and service reliability.

Responsibilities

• F5 BIG-IP Administration and Configuration: Administer, configure, and monitor F5 BIG-IP for load balancing and application security including provisioning, deployment, monitoring, reporting, and backup/recovery. Lead the F5 virtual operations team of the Application Delivery Controller Service, handling planning, designing, implementing, and enhancing service configurations and architecture. Provide advanced troubleshooting, capacity planning, performance analysis, and root cause analysis.
• DevOps/Automation & Infrastructure Projects: Support and enhance DevOps practices for application delivery in on-premises virtual and cloud-based Linux environments, focusing on continuous improvement, automation, and large-scale infrastructure proj