Job Description

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. We operate in a fast-paced, information-driven environment, which means we need people who bring diverse experiences, perspectives, and expertise to meet the ever-changing demands of a technology-driven world. We are grounded in the belief that “improving the work is the work” as we drive to create simple, easy, and fast solutions for our customers. Your ability to adapt, learn, and innovate helps increase revenue, reduce operational costs, and mitigates risk.

ETO provides opportunities for you to own your career growth through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Women in Technology, and Workforce of the Future initiatives that allow you to network across the organization, volunteer in our community, and build your technical and soft skills. Together we are building a culture that values diversity and creates a space of belonging for all our team members. We believe that investing in your success is an investment in our customers and our business. Our people are what sets us apart and make us great.

Zions Bancorporation is currently seeking an F5 Application Delivery Engineer to become a member of the Technology Reliability Engineering and Operations Team. This role will assist with designing highly available applications solutions that will be deployed across multiple data centers. The F5 Application Delivery Engineer requires a basic technical foundation and ability to work with subject matter experts in the Applications. Some activities will include, but not limited to, automation, completion of designs, mitigate risk, manage changes, implementation, knowledge transfer. Must have a basic knowledge in F5 Technologies; Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM), Application Security Manager (ASM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), and Adv. Firewall Manager (AFM).  Zions is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT but this position is open to remote work.

Responsibilities

Works with IT customers to understand business requirements and customer needs
Analyzes and designs application delivery solutions to address business needs.
Troubleshoots connectivity and F5 Application Delivery Controller systems to increase quality and meet service level agreements.
Identifies, investigates and proposes solutions to technical problems.
Develops, tests, and modifies configurations to improve efficiency of distributed applications and increase availability.
Provides technical support for issues surrounding F5 Technologies, SSL, VPN, and connectivity failures, etc.
Monitors the applications to maintain consistent up time and availability.
Provides technical expertise where required within Information Technology Projects.
Develops and automates processes and procedures to support and improve systems
Analyzes current technology infrastructure and its ability to support strategic objectives for our customers
Prepares and maintains necessary documentation.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s in computer science, information systems or another related field
2+ programming, systems analysis, networking and systems analysis and distributed applications or other directly related experience.
Combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.
Working knowledge of networking, systems analysis and distributed applications.
Understanding of DNS infrastructure
Basic knowledge of load balancing technologies, encryption methodologies and security principles. Preferably in F5 Technologies; Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM), Application Security Manager (ASM), Global Traffic Manager (GTM), and Adv. Firewall Manager (AFM)
Basic understanding of physical & virtual F5 architecture and device administration
Basic understanding of application deployment fundamentals and automation
Requires good analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Requires good interpersonal skills with the ability to work with both management and staff employees.
Must be able to meet deadlines.
Ability to set and maintain high quality work standards.