Software Development Engineer II
F5 Networks18 hours ago
Hyderābād, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Research emerging cyber threats targeting web applications, APIs, AI/LLM applications, cloud workloads, Kubernetes, and enterprise infrastructure.
- Analyze attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures using MITRE and OWASP security frameworks.
- Develop and execute proof-of-concept exploits, attack simulations, and threat-emulation scenarios.
- Implement and maintain automated security validation frameworks, detection tools, and security tooling.
- Evaluate F5 security products and platform capabilities against emerging threats and attack techniques.
- Build reusable tools, scripts, demos, and validation assets for technical marketing engineering and customer demonstrations.
- Create technical content and security-focused materials for internal teams and customers.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to repeatable methodologies for security testing, threat emulation, and use-case validation.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in software development, testing, security validation, or security engineering, preferably in a Linux environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong Python programming skills for automation, tooling, validation, and security research.
- Knowledge of application security, API security, cloud security, AI/LLM security, threat intelligence, attack techniques, threat detection, and security validation.
- Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Web Application Top 10, OWASP API Security Top 10, and OWASP LLM Top 10.
- Experience building or supporting security tools, automation frameworks, validation environments, or threat simulation capabilities.
- Working knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and L2/L3 network protocol testing.
- Experience with CI/CD, Agile software development, and test automation.
- Preferred experience with Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, ffuf, sqlmap, GitHub, and geographically dispersed teams.
- Ability to support technical marketing engineering with demos, validation assets, technical tools, and customer-facing technical content.
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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.