דרושים Sr Systems Engineer ב-F5 ב-United States, Seattle

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as primary source of technical expertise to one or more project teams.
• Helps detail all aspects of product design and ensures that resulting design specification fits into technical architectural framework.
• Recommends and maintains technical design methodologies, processes, technologies and standards
• Leads, reviews and may direct the architecture of F5's key hardware and software components.
• Prepare/analyze/architectproduct for future scalability
• Devises and develops new solutions that may involve cross-module dependencies.
• Lead cross functional design teams to develop new product as well as address design issues / maintenance of existing ones
• Regularly informs top management and senior external personnel on company’s technical capabilities and future direction
• Bring industry best practices and help navigate changing technologies and upcoming trends to create a strategic company product roadmap.
• Integrates research and emerging business/industry trends into company product platforms.
• F5 technology spokesperson at internal and external forums
• Creates formal networks with key decision makers and serves as external spokesperson for the organization.
• Act as a mentor for other junior members in the team

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Industry respected speaker, participating in both internal and external events.
• Deep understanding of L7 protocols (HTTP/2, HTTP/3, WebSockets, gRPC) and application security standards (OWASP Top 10, NIST, MITRE ATT&CK).
• Strong technical understanding of TLS, certificate management, identity and access protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), and secure session management.
• Familiarity with zero trust architectures, policy-as-code, multi-tenant designs, and runtime enforcement in container-based platforms
• Expert Knowledge and extensive experience with network and web technologies.
• Experience leading complex product development initiatives from concept through release.
• Extensive development experience in embedded operating systems.
• Exceptional problem solving and project management skills.
• Strong leadership skills and an ability to mentor and groom other engineers.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications.
• Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.

Qualifications

Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

• Architect and ship full-stack solutions (React/Next.js + TypeScript frontends; Node/Python/Go/Java backends) and production APIs.

• Design cloud architectures on public cloud: managed DBs, object storage, networking, IAM, and secure service-to-service patterns.

• Build data platforms: relational + NoSQL, caching, search, event streams, and object storage; enable vector/semantic stores for AI.

• Own CI/CD and IaC (Terraform / ARM / Bicep, GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps / Jenkins); containerize and run on Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).

• Instrument observability and SLAs (metrics, tracing, logging); ensure operational excellence and security/compliance.

• Integrate with enterprise platforms (Salesforce, Coveo/search, identity providers) and partner with Product, Support Ops, Security, and ML teams.

• Mentor engineers and introduce standards, templates, and automation to scale delivery.

• 10+ years building full-stack systems at scale.

• Strong frontend (React/Next.js + TypeScript) and backend(Node/Python/Go/Java)experience.

• Deep Azure and/or AWS experience: compute, networking, managed databases(Postgres/Aurora/DynamoDB/Cosmos),S3/Azure Blob.

• Hands-on CI/CD and IaC (Terraform / ARM / Bicep; GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps / Jenkins).

• Containerization & orchestration: Docker + Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).

• Data platform familiarity: caching (Redis), search(Elasticsearch/Coveo),eventing (Kafka/Kinesis), object storage.

• Strong observability, security, and production-ops experience.

• Excellent communicator who translates product/customer needs into robust technical solutions.

• Leverages AI tools to boost team productivity — uses AI-assisted development and automation to create multiplier effects across the org.

• Built predictive & generative AI apps in production and can guide product requirements to embed AI features (RAG, embeddings/vector stores, predictive pipelines) into workflows.

• BS/MS in CS or equivalent experience.

• Prior experience with customer success / support systems (portal, knowledge).

• Familiarity with LLM integration patterns and vector DBs (FAISS, Milvus).

• Experience in regulated environments (FedRAMP/GovCloud).

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

• Develop high-quality services, lead design discussions, execute development against design for development teams to utilize in a self-service model
• Coordinate with product and platform teams on regular maintenance, improve availability, scalability, and performance of the CI/CD environment.
• Collaborate with product teams and work cross-functionally with F5 IT department and vendors to implement the services and automation required to support application use cases.
• Actively engage with internal teams to develop tooling, framework to drive full observability and automation of the environment.
• Ensure adherence to architecture standards and roadmaps.
• Drive digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base.
• Ensure that post-production operational processes / deliverables are well designed and implemented prior to the project moving into the solution support phase.
• Define and create development procedures, processes, and scripts to drive a standard software development lifecycle.
• Assist in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies with product teams to ensure adherence to architecture guidelines for new technology introduction.
• Provide technical leadership on establishing standards and guidelines.
• Facilitate collaboration between development and operations teams throughout the application lifecycle.
• Partner with Corporate Information Security to ensure all security policies and audit inquiries are addressed.
• Coordinate and align all other technology teams to ensure operational delivery processes are governed and monitored to expedite issue remediation

REQUIREMENTS

• 3 to 5 years of experience developing and implementing CI/CD automation, performance tuning, and scaling applications.
• Direct experience with automation to deploy, manage and maintain complex Kubernetes installations.
• 3 to 5 years of experience with open-source technologies and cloud services preferably Azure
• Experience with microservice architecture and development
• Hands-on development experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Python, JavaScript, or Go.
• Infrastructure deployment experience using technologies such as TerraForm, and Ansible.
• Excellent working knowledge of system environments – operating systems, networking, applications, platforms, and databases.
• Experience with branching strategies, test-driven development, release management, Agile methodologies, Unix, Linux,
• Familiarity with common database technologies such as MS SQL Service, PostGreSQL,
• Experience with configuration management system (Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.)
• Knowledge of development methodologies (Agile, Kanban, Scrum) across various technologies.
• Experience with continuous integration methodologies and tools such as GitLab.
• Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills
• Strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability for delivering high quality work, both personally and at a team level.
• Great communication skills as this will be facing internal/external users.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

MINIMUMQUALIFICATION/EDUCATION

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable experience
• 3 years direct deployment, optimization and management of Kubernetes clusters.
• 8+ years of experience in technical support and troubleshooting of multiple systems including: cloud native applications, interface engines, and complex distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience developing automation for Cloud applications, preferably Azure
• Comfortable mentoring team members with different skill sets and technical areas of focus and expertise.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

What You’ll Do

• Support and Maintenance : Manage and maintain networking and security infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and strong protection against cyber threats.
• Security Management : Configure, manage, and troubleshoot firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention systems and access control solutions. Enforce security best practices to safeguard data and infrastructure.
• Load Balancing and Traffic Management : Provide operational support for F5 BIG-IP platforms, including load balancing and application delivery controllers.
• Automation and Scalability : Leverage automation to scale and govern infrastructure efficiently, automating routine network and security tasks to improve system velocity and sustainability.
• Network Design and Deployment : Architect and deploy scalable networking solutions based on business requirements, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable efficient outcomes.
• Monitoring and Optimization : Continuously monitor system performance, proactively identify and resolve issues, and perform tuning to maximize uptime, performance, and response times.
• Incident and Problem Resolution : Respond to incidents, participate in on-call rotation to ensure continuous support, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and troubleshoot complex issues such as failures, connectivity issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Documentation : Develop and maintain system documentation, including standard operating procedures, configurations, and troubleshooting guides, to support efficient maintenance and knowledge sharing.

What You’ll Bring

• Expertise in network infrastructure design, implementation, and maintenance , with a strong understanding of modern networking principles.
• Hands-on experience with network security technologies , including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, VPN services, and access control systems ( HashiCorp Boundary).
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles , regulatory compliance, and best practices.
• Proficiency in managing and supporting F5 BIG-IP platforms , including load balancing, application security, and traffic management.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP, STP, TCP, UDP, IPv6).
• Proven experience in network performance monitoring, and optimization.
• Familiarity with observability tools , logging systems, and tracing technologies.
• Skilled in implementing automation solutions for network and security tasks using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python scripting.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in agile environments.
• Excellent communication, troubleshooting, organizational, and problem-solving skills .
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and technologies.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in network operations, engineering, or security roles in a technology-driven organization.
• Strong experience with network and security infrastructure , including tools and protocols relevant to the role.
• Certifications in networking or security (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, CISSP, or similar) as a plus
• Proficiency in scripting languages and familiarity with automation frameworks

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of new data fabric capabilities.

• Accelerate the onboarding process of users and systems via automation.

• Design, implement, and maintain RBAC policies and access control mechanisms for systems, services, and infrastructure to ensure principle of least privilege and secure, auditable access across environments.

• Collaborate with team members and technical leaders, providing mentorship and guidance – particularly on secure and compliant system design.

• Ensure the reliability, security, and governance of containerized applications by owning the vendoring, curation, and lifecycle management of container images and Helm charts.

• Collaborate with security teams to ensure infrastructure meets compliance and security best practices, including vulnerability management for dependencies and containers.

• Quickly adapt to new challenges in a hands-on environment.

• Participate in the on-call rotation as part of a multi discipline response team.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and debugging skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated sense of ownership and responsibility.

• Hands-on experience with AWS & AWS Managed Services.

• Proficiency in Kubernetes and other deployment methodologies.

• Strong knowledge of source control and development tools.

• Familiarity with Terraform or otherInfrastructure-as-Codetooling.

• Proficiency in DevOps technologies (CI/CD, GitOps).

• Proficiency in container image creation and distribution.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with a BS/BA or MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Relevant hands-on experience with any industry-standard cloud provider would be preferred

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.