Senior Network Load Balancing Architect

🕒 July 28

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $154.9k - $216k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏛️ Architect

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Ascension

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

Healthcare • Non-profit

Ascension is one of the nation’s leading non-profit Catholic health systems focused on delivering compassionate, personalized care with special attention to vulnerable populations. In FY2025 Ascension reported providing $1. 7 billion in care for persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs plus $1. 8 billion of unreimbursed care for Medicare patients. Operating across 16 states and the District of Columbia, its network includes about 97,300 associates, 25,300 aligned providers, 90 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals and ownership interests in 29 additional hospitals; Ascension also operates 22 senior living facilities and a variety of other care sites (including home health and health clinics). Its specialties include medical services, nursing, health system operations, and healthcare technology, all grounded in its faith-based mission to bring health, healing and hope to all.

📋 Description

• Lead the architecture and evolution of enterprise load balancing and application delivery platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, and resiliency for mission-critical applications across on-premises and cloud environments. • Serve as the technical authority for Layer 4–7 traffic management, defining standards, best practices, and strategic direction across F5, Citrix ADC, and VMware AVI platforms. • Drive innovation and modernization by partnering across infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams to deliver scalable solutions, solve complex production challenges, and shape the future of the organization's application delivery ecosystem.

🎯 Requirements

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management. • 10+ years of experience in network engineering, with at least 5+ years in an architect-level role focused on load balancing and application delivery • Expert-level hands-on experience with: F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM/APM preferred), Citrix NetScaler / ADC, VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI Networks) • Strong expertise in: Layer 4–7 protocols (HTTP/S, TCP, UDP, SSL/TLS, DNS), Global server load balancing (GSLB), Application performance optimization and traffic steering • Demonstrated experience designing highly available, large-scale, mission-critical systems • Deep understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) • Proven ability to operate at both strategic architecture and deep technical levels • F5 Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) / F5 Certified Solution Expert (CSE) • Advanced or specialist certifications strongly preferred, such as: Citrix Certified Professional – Networking (CCP-N) or higher, VMware VCP-NV or NSX Advanced Load Balancer certifications, Relevant cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP – Professional level preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options • Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance • Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays • Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning • Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources • Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits • Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more