Solutions Engineer, Defence Sector

At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

About F5:
F5 solutions power and protect applications across the world helping organizations deliver secure reliable digital experiences. Our portfolio spans security performance and automation and we partner closely with customers and the ecosystem to solve real business problems at scale.

At F5 we operate with integrity move as one team and invest in an inclusive human-first culture that helps people do their best work.

We are a diverse team dedicated to making the world a better place. We take great pride in being trusted advisers to our customers across a variety of sectors.

F5 is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building an inclusive workplace.

We are seeking a talented Solutions Engineer to join our growing team in Israel bringing their technical acumen strategic thinking and consultative skills to help shape the future of digital innovation for customers in the region.

Job Overview:

This role blends sales and technical responsibilities forming a critical part of the sales organization. As a Solutions Engineer you will leverage your technical expertise and customer relationship management skills to support sales initiatives and provide tailored solutions to overcome customers business and technical challenges.

Your success will depend on your ability to articulate the F5 value proposition share technical knowledge about products and ecosystem solutions and serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers. While F5 provides training and certification to keep your skills sharp you will be expected to bring knowledge of industry trends and technology advancements related to application delivery security cloud environments and AI.

Primary Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise and Solution Development

• Design and execute complex technical solutions that align with F5 offerings and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects to drive change requests and product customization strategies.
• Provide advanced systems engineering expertise including guidance in container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes/Openshift) and DevOps tools.
• Evaluate customer IT environments and map out opportunities from public cloud applications to on-premise deployments.
• Create detailed specifications for proof of concepts and customer solutions ensuring feasibility and scalability.

Customer Engagement and Advisory

• Partner with Sales Account Managers to deliver presentations highlighting the technical and business benefits of F5s solutions.
• Build lasting relationships with customers by consistently delivering consultative support and fostering collaboration.
• Identify customer pain points and translate them into viable technical solutions that solve challenges mitigate risks and create business opportunities.
• Lead strategic engagements while positioning F5 as an indispensable component in application security delivery and AI environments.

Channel and Partner Collaboration

• Work closely with channel partner teams to establish and qualify technical competence as well as to provide training on F5 technology solutions.
• Actively support partner sales initiatives and enable partners with guidance on F5s competitive differentiation.

Post-Sales Collaboration and Support

• Assist with product escalations and work with Technical Support Engineering teams to ensure prompt issue resolution.
• Communicate customer feedback to engineering and product teams contributing to the continuous evolution of F5s portfolio.

Key Qualifications:

• Proven experience of pre-sales or solutions engineering expertise ideally with exposure to Public Clouds DevOps SaaS IaaS and PaaS industries.
• Solid knowledge of virtualization application security AI infrastructure and modern container architectures like Kubernetes.
• Strong coding/scripting experience (e.g. Python JavaScript Golang) and Linux systems knowledge.
• Advanced proficiency in Web protocols (HTTP TLS SSL) PKI concepts Certificate Authorities and data center/cloud environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and spoken HebrewEnglish.
• Collaboration-driven approach with proficiency in tools such as Sharepoint Highspot and AI-oriented presales readiness programs.
• Mandatory - Israeli Government security clearance.
• Proven experience working with the Defense sector is required.

What Youll Get:

• Autonomy: This is a self-driven role offering ample opportunities for self-growth and leadership development.
• Flexibility: While based in Tel Aviv travel to customers and partners will be a key part of the role alongside remote/virtual collaboration.
• Impact: As a Solutions Engineer youll play a strategic role in shaping customer success and the future of application delivery for organizations across Israel.
• Growth: Immerse yourself in cutting-edge technologies and grow your expertise in AI DevOps cloud computing and advanced application security solutions.
• Compensation: Competitive pay family-friendly benefits tuition assistance and diverse employee experience programs designed to promote work-life balance and inclusion.

Work Model and Travel

This is a hybrid role combining work from home and the office. The role also includes on-site time with customers and partners. Frequent travel within the region is required with occasional travel outside the territory as needed. Flexibility to support business needs outside standard working hours may be required.

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.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with or @).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .