Senior Load Balancing Engineer

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Description

Humana is seeking a Senior Load Balancing Engineer who will deliver solutions for our enterprise. This is an exciting opportunity for forward-looking technology leaders to make key contributions to the evolution and transformation of the company's networks toward next-generation technologies.

This is a critical role within Humana's IT organization responsible for the engineering and design, planning, implementation, and establishment of operational and maintenance programs to deliver best-in-class next generation network infrastructure. This includes optimizing all aspects of our Load Balancing eco-system, including performance, resiliency, availability, resource utilization and innovation.

Responsibilities

You will provide network design, engineering and administrative support of both physical and virtual Load Balancing devices within our SDI environments. This person will be responsible for leveraging state-of-the-art networking technologies, including virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN), to develop and deliver a robust, scalable eco-system. He/she will work with various leaders across the enterprise to coordinate network solutions to meet challenges of technology, regulatory, security, and competitive conditions.

The scope will include the following areas of concentration:

Experience with Netscaler and/or F5 technologies

Cloud networking expertise (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Scripting experience (Python, Powershell, iRule, etc.)

Overseeing and performing administration, configuration, and monitoring of the Netscaler platform

Work within a team structure to design and oversee network automation efforts with a focus on stability, scalability, and performance

Design and document load balancing standards, followed by automation of associated tasks

Automate monitoring, alerting, availability, recovery, and testing services

Operate in an Agile environment

Act as a reference and resource to leadership and Operations organizations

Engineering responsibilities for these areas of concentration include, but are not limited:

Design for new solutions.

Standard solution configuration.

Technology roadmap development, management, and maintenance.

Documenting and updating all Load Balancing infrastructure and supported business processes.

Capacity and performance planning.

Integration with related infrastructure engineering efforts.

Alignment and integration with information security requirements.

Definition and development of operational KPIs and metrics.

Disaster recovery/business continuity integration.

Continuous knowledge and skills improvement

Assist in motivating and growing the Network Engineering team to its next level of maturity, agility (NetDevOps) and scalability. Help build foundation and help define capabilities and processes to address network needs in tactical and strategic terms.

Required Qualifications:

5 years of directly related experience supporting network automation and load balancing operations and engineering

Strong experience supporting large-scale datacenters and remote sites

Ability to manage complex multi-organizational projects

Vendor management skills (hardware/software security vendors as well as third party vendors)

Preferred Qualifications:

Netscaler Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)

Programming/scripting languages and frameworks knowledge and experience, in support of automation (Python, Ansible, etc.)

Familiarity with cloud architecture network designs, implementations, and support (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Demonstrated experience with DevOps, ITIL, and platform process & technology.

Work at Home Guidance

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates must meet the following criteria:

At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

This is a remote position

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Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree

5 or more years of technical experience

Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Information

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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Company info

Humana Inc.
Website : http://www.humana.com