Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Five Rivers IT Inc. is seeking an experienced Network Architect to lead the architecture, design, implementation, testing, and operationalization of a cloud-based global load balancing solution using F5 Distributed Cloud Services within AWS. This role focuses on designing a resilient and secure load balancing architecture for MuleSoft APIs that supports critical enterprise platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead discovery sessions and stakeholder workshops with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and enterprise architecture teams
- Validate functional and non-functional requirements for multi-region API load balancing
- Assess current AWS network architecture, MuleSoft deployment topology, and security/compliance constraints
- Translate business requirements into scalable and supportable technical architecture
- Produce High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents
- Define a reference architecture for enterprise reuse across application teams
- Design global and local load balancing patterns using F5 Distributed Cloud Services
- Define per-API routing strategies for active/active and active/passive MuleSoft services
- Design for IP-level health awareness of ingress controller instances within each region
- Ensure the solution supports automated failover without manual reconfiguration of the load balancer
- Incorporate future extensibility so additional APIs and platforms can be onboarded without redesign
- Preserve and extend current security controls, including: WAF, TLS / mTLS, identity and policy enforcement
- Integrate with enterprise platforms and tooling, including: AWS, CloudFront, API Gateway, Azure AD, CyberArk, CloudWatch, Splunk, ServiceNow for CMDB, catalog, incidents, and alerting workflows
- Define and implement a Terraform-based IaC approach
- Build reusable, modular deployment components with clear separation for non-prod and prod
- Develop implementation plans, configuration standards, and deployment runbooks
- Deploy and configure the F5 Distributed Cloud solution in non-production and production environments
- Lead testing strategy and execution, including: functional testing, API routing validation, failover and resiliency testing, security validation, load and performance testing
- Support UAT and production cutover activities
- Develop operational runbooks, SOPs, and support model documentation
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for engineering and operations teams
- Support hypercare and transition to internal support teams
- Lead architecture review sessions with enterprise architecture and cybersecurity teams
- Prepare approval artifacts and address design feedback
- Drive delivery as an enterprise-grade reusable service, not a one-off implementation
- Provide strong technical leadership, documentation discipline, and stakeholder communication throughout the engagement
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in network architecture, application delivery, or cloud networking
- Deep hands-on experience with F5 Distributed Cloud Services
- Strong experience with AWS networking and multi-region architecture
- Experience designing global load balancing and local load balancing solutions
- Strong understanding of API traffic management and per-application/per-API routing models
- Experience supporting active/active and active/passive failover architectures
- Expertise in health monitoring, automated failover, and resilient application delivery patterns
- Strong experience with TLS, mTLS, WAF, and security policy continuity
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and reusable Infrastructure as Code design
- Experience integrating enterprise platforms with logging, monitoring, and ITSM tools
- Strong documentation skills, including architecture, design, test, and operational artifacts
- Ability to work across technical and business teams in a consulting-style delivery role
- Experience with MuleSoft, especially MuleSoft APIs and Private Spaces
- Experience with F5 Distributed Cloud in hybrid or multi-cloud enterprise environments
- Familiarity with CloudFront, API Gateway, Splunk, CloudWatch, and ServiceNow
- Experience with Azure AD and CyberArk integration patterns
- Prior experience supporting architecture review boards, cybersecurity review processes, and enterprise governance
- Experience delivering reusable shared services in large enterprise environments
Company Overview
Five Rivers IT Provides IT infrastructure solutions to Small and Medium Businesses. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.fiveriversit.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Five Rivers IT Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.