Security Engineer III
F5 Networks2 days ago
Reston, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$152k - $228k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and continuously improve observability, monitoring, audit, logging, tracing, metrics, and security telemetry solutions across distributed cloud and hybrid environments.
- Integrate and optimize telemetry pipelines with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, APM, cloud-native security tools, and AI-assisted analytics platforms.
- Partner with security operations, incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, engineering, infrastructure, compliance, and development teams to establish escalation paths and response workflows.
- Identify, prioritize, remediate, and validate vulnerabilities while supporting patch management, security hardening, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Maintain and upgrade SIEM deployments and implement Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code, and Security as Code automation.
- Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations and weekend support for operational incidents, security events, and critical platform issues.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required due to FedRAMP compliance obligations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 4–6 years of experience in security operations, monitoring, detection engineering, or incident response.
- Hands-on experience with logging, monitoring, SIEM, and dashboarding tools such as AWS GuardDuty, Sumo Logic, Grafana, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Splunk, and Thycotic.
- Working knowledge of AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including native security and observability services.
- Understanding of log handling and telemetry pipelines, including collection, normalization, downstream integration, and alert configuration and tuning.
- Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Java, or Shell.
- Experience with CI/CD and vulnerability scanning using a shift-left approach.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes and/or OpenStack.
- Security+ certification, GSEC, or CISSP is preferred.
- Familiarity with FedRAMP is a plus.
Benefits
- The role includes 24/7 on-call rotations and weekend support activities as required.
Tech Stack
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About F5 Networks
F5, Inc. builds application delivery and security products for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning on‑premises, cloud, and edge environments. It sells software, hardware appliances, and SaaS subscriptions for load balancing, WAF, API security, DDoS protection, and traffic management, with support services. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Seattle, the public company (NASDAQ: FFIV) expanded its portfolio through acquisitions including NGINX and Shape Security.