Senior Solutions Engineer (CA/WA/OR)
F5 Networks3 days ago
Remote, United States or Seattle, WA, USASenior
Base Salary
$163k - $245k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with CISOs, cloud architects, and platform engineering leaders to translate business objectives into scalable architectural blueprints.
- Guide enterprise customers from BIG-IP foundations toward modern hybrid, distributed cloud, and containerized architectures.
- Lead technical discovery, design validation, solution demonstrations, evaluations, and competitive technical alignment.
- Architect solutions involving WAAP, bot defense, DDoS mitigation, Zero Trust access, API gateways, Kubernetes ingress, and AI gateway or inference architectures.
- Demonstrate Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD workflows to align NetOps, SecOps, and DevOps teams.
- Collaborate with F5 Product and Engineering teams by sharing customer insights and influencing cloud and security roadmaps.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in pre-sales engineering, systems engineering, technical consulting, or equivalent customer-aligned solutions architecture roles.
- Experience supporting large enterprise accounts, particularly in highly regulated or high-compliance industries.
- Experience with modern edge cloud and WAAP platforms, API gateways, or hyperscaler cloud networking.
- Understanding of application security, API protection, automated threat mitigation, and Zero Trust principles.
- Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, ingress controllers, API gateways, or service mesh technologies.
- Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and hybrid connectivity patterns.
- Experience with Python, Go, Bash, Terraform, or Ansible.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise ADCs, traffic management, security infrastructure, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, HTTP/2, SSL/TLS, DNS, and Unix/Linux systems.
- BS/BA degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical industry experience.
- Relevant certifications such as Kubernetes CKA, Cloud Solutions Architect certifications, or CISSP are preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Remote position covering California, Washington, and Oregon.
- Base pay range of $163,400.00 to $245,000.00 annually, with potential incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
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.