Every moment counts. Especially those you live to the fullest. Welcome to Consort Group.

For over 30 years, Consort Group has been helping companies leverage their data and infrastructure. It is backed by two leaders, Consortis and Consortia, and places people and social responsibility at the heart of its values.

This is your future team

Committed to the success of its clients, the Consort Belgium team embodies the values and shares the expertise of Consort Group in Brussels, the surrounding area, and throughout Belgium. With 45 employees, it has been offering a range of infrastructure and application solutions since 2016, delivered by local teams and supported, when necessary, by the group's skills and resources.

F5 Networking & Security Engineer H/F

This is your mission

Are you passionate about network infrastructure, application delivery and network security? This position is for you.

As an F5 Networking & Security Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, configuring and managing F5 BIG-IP solutions within complex multi-site environments and data centres. You will contribute to application load balancing, high availability, security and traffic management while supporting the performance, reliability and lifecycle of the F5 infrastructure.

Build side

• Design load balancing and high-availability architectures
• Design and implement F5 BIG-IP solutions for application delivery and network traffic management
• Configure virtual servers, pools, nodes, monitors, iRules, SSL profiles and traffic policies
• Deploy and manage Web Application Firewall (AWAF) solutions and policies according to business needs
• Integrate authentication and access management using APM and enterprise identity services
• Configure SSL/TLS, SSL offloading, encryption and traffic inspection
• Contribute to performance tuning, capacity planning and service optimisation

Run side

• Administer and maintain F5 BIG-IP infrastructure
• Provide support for incident, problem and change management
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot application delivery, connectivity and performance issues
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates and related configurations
• Perform security patching, software upgrades and lifecycle management
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures
• Provide knowledge transfer to relevant stakeholders

This is your background

You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, ICT or Telecommunications, or have equivalent technical experience in the field.

You have in-depth conceptual, practical and operational knowledge of IP networks and their management in multi-site environments and data centres.

You have advanced knowledge of F5 solutions and significant experience designing and implementing F5 solutions in complex environments.

You also have knowledge and experience of IT security concepts, architectures and implementations.

This is your expertise

• F5 BIG-IP — advanced knowledge and extensive implementation experience
• IP Networks — in-depth conceptual, practical and operational knowledge
• Network management in multi-site environments and data centres
• Application load balancing and high availability
• F5 virtual servers, pools, nodes and monitors
• iRules and traffic policies
• SSL/TLS, SSL offloading and encryption
• Traffic inspection and reporting
• F5 APM and identity service integration
• Web Application Firewall (AWAF)
• Performance tuning and capacity planning
• Incident, problem and change management
• Root cause analysis and troubleshooting
• IT security concepts, architectures and implementations
• Firewall technologies, including Check Point and Palo Alto
• Security patching, upgrades and lifecycle management

Your language skills

• Dutch: Able to speak, read and write
• French: Able to speak, read and write
• English: Able to speak, read and write

This is your way of working

• Independent and methodical
• Responsible and able to assess risks accurately
• Customer-oriented
• Flexible and approachable
• Able to work effectively under stress
• Strong communication skills
• Comfortable collaborating with colleagues, departments, suppliers and service providers
• Willing to continuously develop and broaden technical knowledge

This is our commitment

At Consort Group, you are an expert we support so that every mission becomes a meaningful step in your career.

• Attentive and human onboarding
• Close management support
• Continuous access to training
• Concrete commitments to inclusion, equality and solidarity
• A comprehensive HR package
• A culture of feedback and meaningful projects

This is clear

The recruitment process:

• A first telephone exchange with our recruitment team
• An HR interview and a professional discussion with a business manager
• A technical test or exchange with one of our experts
• A final discussion with your future manager or mission manager
• And if we recognise ourselves in each other: we start together

Good to know

Location: Brussels
Contract: Freelance / Permanent
Work mode : Hybrid
Job family: Network Engineering / F5 / Network Security

What you will do here, you won't do anywhere else.

This moment is yours.