F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)
The F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) course trains network administrators and application delivery engineers in essential BIG-IP operations, including deployment, security, and troubleshooting. It addresses the growing industry need for certified professionals, with F5 reporting over 50,000 active certifications globally. You’ll gain hands-on skills to manage and maintain F5 environments efficiently, solving real-world challenges in application delivery and infrastructure resilience.
This course prepares you for the F5-CA, BIG-IP certification, now requiring five 30-minute exams. With Koenig’s official vendor-authorized courseware and 30-day lab access, you’ll master both data and control plane administration. Earn a globally recognized credential and boost your career as a certified F5 professional.
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Course Overview
The F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) by F5 is designed for IT professionals seeking foundational expertise in managing the BIG-IP platform, preparing them for the F5-CA, BIG-IP certification through five core exams: F5CAB1 through F5CAB5. Targeted at roles such as F5 Administrator, Application Delivery Engineer, and Infrastructure Engineer, this certification validates essential skills in day-to-day operations, configuration, and troubleshooting of BIG-IP systems. With F5’s technology entrenched in critical environments across finance, healthcare, and telecommunications, demand for certified administrators remains strong as enterprises rely on BIG-IP for secure, high-performance application delivery in hybrid and cloud infrastructures.
This course covers key F5 technologies including BIG-IP LTM, Traffic Management Operating System (TMOS), virtual servers, pools, monitors, iRules, and SSL offload. Students engage in hands-on labs delivered through the F5 Unified Demo Framework (UDF), where they configure VLANs, self-IPs, load balancing pools, and virtual servers, while also performing system upgrades, UCS backups, and traffic troubleshooting using packet captures. A real-world scenario involves building a fully functional load-balancing configuration with health monitoring and failover support, ensuring students gain practical experience in securing and optimizing application traffic across complex networks.
Earning the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) credential demonstrates industry-recognized proficiency and serves as the gateway to advanced F5 specialist certifications. Certified professionals can expect competitive salaries, with F5 administrators averaging between $77,000 and over $100,000 annually according to industry reports. Koenig Solutions supports candidates with official courseware and a Guaranteed-to-Run schedule, ensuring access to up-to-date training. By mastering the F5-CA, BIG-IP curriculum, learners position themselves for career advancement into senior networking, security, and cloud operations roles within enterprise environments.
What You'll Learn
Prerequisites
- Basic networking knowledge
- Understanding of TCP/IP, the OSI model, VLANs, DNS, and HTTP/HTTPS
- Basic Linux/CLI understanding
- Experience with load balancers or application delivery concepts
- Some hands-on exposure to BIG-IP administration
- Network Administrators
- Network Engineers
- Security Engineers
- Application Delivery Engineers
- BIG-IP Administration Install, Initial Configuration, and Upgrade (F5CAB1)
- BIG-IP Administration Data Plane Concepts (F5CAB2)
- BIG-IP Administration Data Plane Configuration (F5CAB3)
- BIG-IP Administration Control Plane Administration (F5CAB4)
- BIG-IP Administration Support and Troubleshooting (F5CAB5)
- CCNA-level networking knowledge
- Basic ADC / Load Balancer concepts
- Understanding of SSL, NAT, SNAT, Virtual Servers, Pools, and Health Monitors
- Basic shell/terminal usage
Certification Exam
Everything you need to know about the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) certification exam
What's Included in Your Training
Every enrollment comes packed with resources to maximise your learning and exam success
Exam Preparation Materials
Practice Test Questions (200+)
Certificate of Completion
Post-Training Support (30 days)
Session Recording Access
Free Rescheduling (7+ days notice)
Career Outcomes
of F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) certified professionals report career advancement within 6 months
Salary Impact
Average salary increase reported after obtaining the F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) certification
*Source: Glassdoor / LinkedIn 2025
Job Roles
- F5 Network Engineer
- BIG-IP Administrator
- Application Delivery Engineer
- Network Systems Engineer
- IT Infrastructure Specialist
- Senior F5 Administrator
Companies Hiring
and 5,000+ organizations worldwide seeking F5 Certified Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP) certified professionals
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