Canberra | Federal Government ICT
PALAS Consulting is seeking expressions of interest from experienced F5 engineers for contract work in Federal Government data centre network environments in Canberra. Large agencies run their public-facing online services through F5, on both physical appliances and virtual editions, and engineers who can change those platforms safely are in short supply. If that is you, apply and we will contact you to discuss current and upcoming engagements, the environments and your fit.
F5 Engineer
You will work inside an agency network team on F5 BIG-IP platforms that carry production traffic for services used by millions of people.
The work covers the full change cycle: planning and validating a design, installing and configuring the platform, testing, cutting services over and resolving what comes up afterwards. Load balancing, application access policy, high availability and failover are the core of it. Documentation and handing knowledge to the permanent team are part of the job, not an afterthought, because the agency has to run what you leave behind.
About you:
- Several years of hands-on F5 BIG-IP experience, with real depth in LTM and working experience in APM.
- Experience on both physical F5 hardware and virtual editions, including high availability pairs and failover.
- A track record of migrations or cutovers in production, where the change window was short and the rollback plan mattered.
- Comfortable writing and reading iRules, working with SSL/TLS profiles and certificates, and tracing a fault through the wider data centre network.
- F5 certification, BIG-IP DNS (GTM) or Advanced WAF experience are each an advantage.
- This is a senior level role.
Eligibility
- Australian citizenship is mandatory.
- Current AGSVA security clearance is strongly preferred. Tell us your level in your application.
- Based in Canberra, or willing to work on-site in Canberra five days per week.
Location and Working Arrangements
These engagements are Canberra-based and in office at the client's premises. Contracts are typically an initial term of up to 12 months with extension options, engaged through PALAS Consulting at competitive daily rates. We are reviewing applications from Monday 21 September 2026 and are most interested in engineers who could start a new engagement from mid-October, so early applications are encouraged.
How to Apply
Apply through this advertisement with a current CV. We will contact suitable applicants directly to discuss engagements, rates and timing.
About PALAS Consulting
PALAS Consulting is a Canberra-based veteran business working exclusively in Defence, national security and Australian Government. We strengthen delivery control, leadership effectiveness and decision confidence on nationally significant programs, and we place senior practitioners into Federal Government engagements through Commonwealth procurement processes. Consultants are engaged for proven delivery performance, not availability, and clients have direct access to PALAS leadership throughout an engagement.
For our consultants, that means submissions prepared properly, terms negotiated on your behalf and a firm that stays involved after the contract starts. Confidence under pressure.
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📌 Engineer (BIG-IP LTM and APM) (Canberra)
🏢 PALAS Consulting
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