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Optiv F5 Consultant | Remote, USA in Boston, Massachusetts

At Optiv, our consultants are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. Consultants must be proven self-starters with the ability to problem-solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues. Consultants must also establish and maintain productive and respectful relationships with the delivery team, practice management, and client management team.

Optiv is seeking people with recent experience in F5 BigIP appliances and application delivery. The F5 Consultant must be comfortable with command line configuration and configuration migration as well as F5 administration tasks.

How you'll make an impact:

  • Participate and occasionally lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.

  • Participate in all Technology deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.

  • Participate in User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts and occasionally leads the efforts.

  • Design and implement on specific technology build processes, code migration, and source control use of both small and large projects.

  • Successfully provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.

  • Effective team communicator.

  • Mentors less experienced consultants

  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA.

  • Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification.

  • Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.

  • Deliver timely engagements and work closely with Practice Directors to drive training and education, career development and collaboration across the team

  • Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives

What we're looking for:

  • Bachelor's degree and approximately 2-5 years of related work experience.

  • Approximately 2-5 years of technical architecture experience

  • Thorough understanding of large scale environments

  • Strong presentation and verbal communication skills

  • Process-oriented individual with strong attention to detail, and strong organizational skills

  • Excellent, detailed writing skills

  • Expert knowledge of using Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel)

  • Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas

  • Well-developed negotiation skills.

  • Basic understanding of Services organization and key areas of focus.

  • Ability to build consensus.

  • Ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel.

  • Valid driver's license in the US

  • The successful candidate must hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA.

  • F5 specific certifications highly preferred (F5-CSE)

  • Excellent knowledge and prior experience with security application delivery technologies.

  • Scripting Language preferred (Perl/Python/Java/Bash)

  • Knowledge of general security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, data classification, privacy assessments, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures, and governance

  • Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, UNIX,), security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.), access management (SAML, SSO), and application programming/scripting languages (C, Java, Perl, Shell)

  • Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance issues affecting clients related to privacy and data protection, such as PCI DSS, GLBA, Basel II, EU Data Protection Directive, International Cross Border, and U.S. State Data Privacy Laws

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Salary Range Description

$90,000.00 - $123,500.00 Annual

The Hiring Range provided for this role is informed by (but not limited to) various factors including responsibilities of the position, work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, geography, as well as other market influences when extending an offer. The disclosed range has not been adjusted for these factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a variable incentive-based bonus plan. Optiv offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, of which salary is a component.

What you can expect from Optiv

  • A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups (http://www.optiv.com/company/about-us#dei-group) .

  • Work/life balance

  • Professional training resources

  • Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects

  • Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.

  • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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