Sr Solutions Architect
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Job Description
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.
Overview:
F5s Service Provider Business Unit is on the hunt for a forwardthinking Sr Solution Architect to spearhead the next wave of innovative product and partner integrations. In this role youll be instrumental in creating 113 outcomesdelivering synergistic solutions that not only satisfy but enhance the business technical operational functional and system requirements of our customers and ecosystem partners.
Key elements of the role include:
- Strategic Integration Leadership: Partner with industry leaders such as NVIDIA AWS Azure Oracle Supermicro and more to architect and implement cuttingedge integrations that bridge Telco (mobile and fixed) and IT networking technologies. Your efforts will ensure we meet not only the technical demands of our partners but also their broader business and operational objectives.
- Crossfunctional Collaboration: Work closely with a multitude of stakeholdersfrom product management and engineering partners and technology providers to the F5 customer account teamsto elicit analyze and translate complex requirements into cohesive customercentric solutions. Your aptitude for merging diverse inputs into synergistic architectures will be crucial.
- Articulation of Value: Develop document and present detailed solution proposals that articulate everything from technical architecture to risk profiles cost structures timelines and resource needs. Youll be equally comfortable engaging with technical experts and executive decisionmakers ensuring that the business case for each solution is clear and compelling at every level.
- Delivering Comprehensive Solutions: Your integrated proposals will detail the technical underpinnings and business advantages of our proposed solutionsincluding robust technical architecture plans and detailed descriptionsand laying out the clear pathway from concept to operational reality.
What youll do:
- Responsible for the establishment of architectures and solutions for F5s Hyperscaler Telecoms customers together with product management and development and with key technology partners
- Engage with partners and prime SIs on assessing analyzing and documenting the clients business and operational requirements
- Formulate creative and unique solutions leveraging the capabilities of accelerated computing cloud and communications technologies from F5 and our ecosystem partners
- Set up and participate in collaboration teams within cross functional stakeholders both inside F5 and with partner companies or prime system integrators
- If necessary propose and participate in solution prototyping and proof of concepts
- Document requirements risks costs design dependencies and implementation overview for integration to proposals statements of work with partners
- Influence changes to standards or product development when necessary.
- Direct the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions upgrades partner solutions or teaming options to increase probability of customer selection based on business requirements functionality and total cost of ownership.
- Collaborate with F5 functional departments (Office of the CTO product management CISO system and field engineering strategic alliances and support) to incorporate both current and planned F5 technologies products and solutions into proposals.
- Participate and assist in the preparation of solution whitepapers and proposals
What youll bring:
- BS/BAor equivalent work experience
- 10yearsrelated industry experience
- Relevant certifications a plus
- BasicF5 productknowledge orexperience in relevant industry offerings
How youll do it:
- Experience with working with public cloud and cloud native platforms
- Knowledge of the underpinning hardware technologies/architectures for accelerated computing AI and telecom such as GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) FPGAs DPUs or Data Processing Units
- A Plus in proficiency in AI and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow and Pytorch
- Cloud/Hyperscaler (IaaS PaaS) and telecom infrastructure 3GPP technologies like 5G 6G) competence and experience
- Understanding of secure network design and how to adapt them for AInative environments (Application delivery L4L7 security optimization)
- Technically creative and openminded
- Demonstrated capacity for lifetime learning in areas of complex technology systems and solutions
- Excellent oral and written communication for both technical and Clevel audiences
- Proven analytical and problemsolving skills
- Effective interpersonal skills and collaborative management style to include teamwork and team building ability
What youll get:
- Thisrole reports to the Director for Business Development Service Provider Business Unit
- While we encourage remote/virtual meetings the nature of the role could require travelup to 3040 of the time and working across time zones
- This is a selfdriven roleso career growth and developmentareavailable at every stage of your career.
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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be allinclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $190720.00 $286080.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link:https://www.f5/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5 or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5 or @myworkday.
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 .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
