F5 Sr Architect 

United States, California, San Jose 

750713169

F5 Distributed Cloud is looking for a Sr Architect with experience in building multi-cloud and edge solutions at scale. You will lead and contribute in the design, implementation, and automation of secure-by-default solutions for F5’s platform that is used to deploy global, scalable, and secure applications. You will:

• Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of company.

• Drive projects and the workflow of teams, serving as mentor to all engineering levels.
• Partner with management on driving producttimelines.
• Participate on cross-functional design projects, serving as consultant to management in long-range company planning concerning new or projected areas oftechnological research/advancement.
• Generate and promotes new theories, concepts, principles, and methodologies within a specialtyarea.
• Present in both internal and external settings on product functionality and technical advancements. Projects long term technical direction and influences product roadmap.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Evaluating, identifying, and developing software solutions.
• Leading software development projects.

• Documenting and recording every aspect of an application or software.
• Training and overseeing the activities of the members of the development team.
• Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.
• Locating and directing solutions for critical challenges involving software and hardware interface.
• Looking for problems within software systems and driving issues to resolution.

• Developing good working relationships with other employees, such as Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Programmers and Engineers.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant, work related experience as a software architect.
• Deep understanding of patterns and distributed architecture.

• Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale.
• Experience with load balancers, proxies or with routing products.
• Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies.
• Understanding of multi-cloud networking.
• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages.
• Experience with data storage, design and data modeling.

• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.
• Excellent understanding of design patterns and architectural styles.
• Proficient knowledge of the operation and development designs of agile software.
• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills.

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 annual base pay for this position is: $261,633.00 - $392,449.00