Senior Network Engineer
Position Overview:
The Senior Network Engineer (Load Balancing) will be responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade load balancing and traffic management solutions across on-prem and cloud environments. This role is critical to ensuring application availability, performance, and scalability. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with L4–L7 technologies, a performance-first mindset, and the ability to operate in complex, mission-critical environments.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with business acumen, ensuring that technology strategies align with organizational goals while delivering scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions (L4–L7) to support high-availability applications and services
Design and implement traffic management strategies including SSL offload, content switching, GSLB, and application acceleration
Configure and support platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), A10, or cloud-native load balancers
Optimize application performance through tuning of persistence profiles, health monitors, iRules/policies, and traffic steering logic
Lead efforts in capacity planning, failover design, and disaster recovery for application delivery infrastructure
Troubleshoot complex network and application performance issues across multi-tier environments
Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services
Implement and maintain secure traffic flows, including WAF integration, TLS best practices, and DDoS mitigation strategies
Automate load balancer provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or vendor APIs
Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and runbooks for traffic engineering and load balancing practices
Technical Leadership
Serve as an enterprise-wide authority on technology standards, patterns, and best practices.
Guide best practices adoption, modernization, and migration initiatives across business units.
Provide governance for solution design, ensuring compliance, security, and performance objectives are met.
Mentor engineers and junior architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
Implementation & Optimization
Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), solution prototyping, and production deployments.
Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps) as needed.
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into actionable technology roadmaps.
Produce architectural diagrams, technical documentation, and executive presentations.
Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on the value and impact of proposed solutions.
Qualifications
7+ years of experience in network engineering with a strong focus on load balancing and application delivery
Deep expertise in L4–L7 networking concepts, including HTTP/S, TCP optimization, persistence, and SSL/TLS
Hands-on experience with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS), Citrix ADC, A10, or similar
Strong understanding of DNS, GSLB, and global traffic distribution strategies
Experience with cloud load balancing in AWS (ALB/NLB), Azure (Application Gateway/Front Door), or GCP
Familiarity with web application security concepts including WAF, OWASP Top 10, and zero-trust principles
Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tools
Solid understanding of routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)
Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, logs, and performance metrics
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Must be locally located and comfortable working a 3 days in office hybrid model and 2 days remote
Soft Skills
Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution.
Entrepreneurial and Collaborative mindset
Leadership skills to influence cross-functional teams.
Verra Mobility ValuesAn ideal candidate for this role naturally works in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values:
Own It.We focus on high performance and drive toward breakthrough outcomes. Our employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation.
Do What’s Right.We champion integrity and good character. Our team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous.
Choose Courage Over Comfort. We lean into the conversations, decisions and actions that move the business forward, even when they feel uncomfortable. We challenge assumptions, address issues early and prioritize progress over ease.
Win Together. We believe in growing and inspiring people together. We seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others.
With your explicit consent which you provided as part of the application process, we will retain candidate personal data solely for the business purpose for which it was collected. In no event will we retain such data more than two (2) years following the closure of the recruitment process relating to the role for which you applied or in the event other related job opportunities arise within the company. Verra Mobility Applicant Privacy Notice
Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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The Senior Network Engineer (Load Balancing) will be responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade load balancing and traffic management solutions across on-prem and cloud environments. This role is critical to ensuring application availability, performance, and scalability. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with L4–L7 technologies, a performance-first mindset, and the ability to operate in complex, mission-critical environments.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with business acumen, ensuring that technology strategies align with organizational goals while delivering scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
Engineer, deploy, and manage load balancing solutions (L4–L7) to support high-availability applications and services
Design and implement traffic management strategies including SSL offload, content switching, GSLB, and application acceleration
Configure and support platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM/GTM), Citrix ADC (NetScaler), A10, or cloud-native load balancers
Optimize application performance through tuning of persistence profiles, health monitors, iRules/policies, and traffic steering logic
Lead efforts in capacity planning, failover design, and disaster recovery for application delivery infrastructure
Troubleshoot complex network and application performance issues across multi-tier environments
Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services
Implement and maintain secure traffic flows, including WAF integration, TLS best practices, and DDoS mitigation strategies
Automate load balancer provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or vendor APIs
Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and runbooks for traffic engineering and load balancing practices
Technical Leadership
Serve as an enterprise-wide authority on technology standards, patterns, and best practices.
Guide best practices adoption, modernization, and migration initiatives across business units.
Provide governance for solution design, ensuring compliance, security, and performance objectives are met.
Mentor engineers and junior architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
Implementation & Optimization
Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), solution prototyping, and production deployments.
Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps) as needed.
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into actionable technology roadmaps.
Produce architectural diagrams, technical documentation, and executive presentations.
Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on the value and impact of proposed solutions.
Qualifications
7+ years of experience in network engineering with a strong focus on load balancing and application delivery
Deep expertise in L4–L7 networking concepts, including HTTP/S, TCP optimization, persistence, and SSL/TLS
Hands-on experience with platforms such as F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS), Citrix ADC, A10, or similar
Strong understanding of DNS, GSLB, and global traffic distribution strategies
Experience with cloud load balancing in AWS (ALB/NLB), Azure (Application Gateway/Front Door), or GCP
Familiarity with web application security concepts including WAF, OWASP Top 10, and zero-trust principles
Scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tools
Solid understanding of routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)
Strong troubleshooting skills with packet captures, logs, and performance metrics
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Must be locally located and comfortable working a 3 days in office hybrid model and 2 days remote
Soft Skills
Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution.
Entrepreneurial and Collaborative mindset
Leadership skills to influence cross-functional teams.
Verra Mobility ValuesAn ideal candidate for this role naturally works in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values:
Own It.We focus on high performance and drive toward breakthrough outcomes. Our employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation.
Do What’s Right.We champion integrity and good character. Our team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous.
Choose Courage Over Comfort. We lean into the conversations, decisions and actions that move the business forward, even when they feel uncomfortable. We challenge assumptions, address issues early and prioritize progress over ease.
Win Together. We believe in growing and inspiring people together. We seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others.
With your explicit consent which you provided as part of the application process, we will retain candidate personal data solely for the business purpose for which it was collected. In no event will we retain such data more than two (2) years following the closure of the recruitment process relating to the role for which you applied or in the event other related job opportunities arise within the company. Verra Mobility Applicant Privacy Notice
Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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apply to this job