Senior Network Engineer

F5 Inc

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Reston, VA
Salary
$179,500–$269,300 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

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This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $131,750–$194,647 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $163k for comparable roles.

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About F5 Inc

F5, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in application security, multi-cloud management, online fraud prevention, application delivery networking, application availability and performance, and network security, access, and authorization.

F5 Inc currently has 44 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $179,500–$269,300 across 31 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Network Engineer

The Senior Network Engineer joins the Network Engineering department to deliver reliable, scalable network services across multi-region and global environments, including regulated FedRAMP-authorized platforms. This operations-focused role involves owning day-to-day network reliability, performance, and incident response while building automation pipelines and evolving routing architectures. You will engineer and optimize global IP backbones using BGP and OSPF, manage L3 topologies, and implement hybrid cloud-native routing across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting complex TCP/IP issues, managing configuration drift, and developing automated provisioning workflows. You will utilize Python, Ansible/AWX, and Git-driven CI/CD pipelines to maintain secure network segmentation and boundary controls. The role solves critical connectivity and security problems for data centers and cloud platforms while ensuring compliance with FedRAMP Moderate and High requirements.

What does a Network Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $147500 from 34 postings across 10 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Engineer and operate global data center, cloud, and FedRAMP-authorized network solutions.
  • Optimize global IP backbone routing using BGP, OSPF, and advanced traffic engineering strategies.
  • Implement secure network segmentation and boundary controls for regulated FedRAMP environments.
  • Develop automated provisioning and compliance pipelines using Python, Ansible, and CI/CD workflows.
  • Monitor network performance and lead incident response for complex routing and connectivity issues.
  • Execute network upgrades and migrations using structured procedures and validated rollback mechanisms.
  • Conduct capacity planning and manage vendor lifecycles for network hardware and cloud gateways.
  • Maintain architectural diagrams, runbooks, and audit-ready documentation for continuous monitoring.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in network engineering within large-scale, multi-region, and global routing environments.
  • Experience engineering, operating, or supporting FedRAMP Moderate and/or High environments (preferred).
  • Deep hands-on expertise with BGP and OSPF in global IP backbone environments, including traffic engineering and multi-vendor interoperability.
  • Strong operational and engineering experience with JunOS (MX, QFX, SRX preferred).
  • Proficiency with additional network OS platforms such as EOS, NX-OS, or IOS-XE (preferred).
  • Experience with hybrid cloud and cloud-native networking across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
  • Hands-on automation skills using Python, Ansible/AWX, configuration templating, Git workflows, and automated testing/validation pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of network security controls, boundary protection, encryption, logging, and segmentation concepts required for FedRAMP.

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