Sr. Systems Engineer - Load Balancing
FreedomPay · Philadelphia, PA
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Jul 23, 2026
Philadelphia, PA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure role focused on enterprise application delivery and security, centered on F5 load balancing technologies alongside Kubernetes and OpenShift container platforms. Day-to-day work spans designing and maintaining global load balancing topologies, supporting hybrid cloud environments, driving automation, and leading platform migrations. Best suited to engineers with deep hands-on F5 expertise and substantial production experience with containerized workloads across on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
Senior level · 8+ years · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 55 people in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 10–85
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $102,669 (middle half $79,920–$128,515).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits at the boundary between 15-1244 (Network/Systems Administration) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). The primary day-to-day work is operating and engineering application delivery infrastructure (F5, ingress, Kubernetes/OpenShift platform ops, hybrid cloud), which leans toward 15-1244; however, the automation/scripting emphasis and platform engineering framing could support 15-1252. 15-1244 was chosen as the primary code.
The JD requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree but explicitly states 'equivalent experience will be considered,' so no formal degree is hard-gated.
Automation/scripting tools (PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Bash) are listed under Required Qualifications with 'such as' phrasing, indicating the specific tools are interchangeable examples of a hard-required capability. They are marked required as a group; the 'such as' qualifier signals substitutability rather than optionality.
Cloud platform experience is required generically (hybrid cloud, cloud networking, etc.); specific cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud) appear only under Preferred Certifications and are marked preferred accordingly.
VMware appears only under Preferred Certifications (VCP) and is marked preferred.
No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting.
The role is hybrid with a hard requirement to be local to the Philadelphia area; relocation assistance is not available.
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