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.
SeniorDevOpsEngineer(Full-Time Employee)
Location:Seattle WA / Spokane WA / San Jose CA
F5 Inc. isseekinga highly skilledSeniorDevOpsEngineer (FTE)to join ourinnovativeteam in Seattle Spokane or San Jose.As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will play a critical role in designing implementing andmaintainingadvanced DevOps solutions to accelerate software delivery improve system reliability and drive a culture of automation security and collaboration at scale.
Responsibilities
Lead design development and optimization ofCI/CD pipelinesusing industry-leading tools.
Architect and implementrobustInfrastructure as Code (IaC)for scalablesecureon-prem andcloud environments.
Drive automation of provisioning deployment testing and monitoring leveraging scripting languages (Python Bash).
Develop and managecontainerized applicationsand orchestrate workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
Utilize cloud platforms (AWS Azure) tooptimizeinfrastructure performance resilienceand cost.
Implement and support continuous monitoring logging and alertingutilizingtools such as PrometheusGrafanaandOpenTelemetry(OTEL).
Apply configuration management solutions (Ansibleor other-Chef Puppet orSaltStack).
ChampionDevSecOpspractices by integrating security into all automated pipelines and infrastructure.
Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex deployment infrastructure and system issues.
Collaborate cross-functionally withsoftware engineering QA product management security and IT operations throughout agile cross-disciplinary teams.
Establish andmaintainclear comprehensive documentationincludingprocedures runbooks technical solutionsto support team knowledge and operational excellence.
Mentor coach and provide technical leadership to DevOps engineers and advocate for best practices across engineering teams.
Drive process improvements evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to strategic DevOps roadmaps.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Extensive experience withCI/CD tools(GitLab CI GitHub Actions Jenkins)
DeepexpertiseinInfrastructure as Code:(Terraform/OpenTofu AWS CloudFormation)
Advanced scripting abilities usingPython and Bash/Shell.
Extensive experiencewithcontainers(DockerPodman) andKubernetesorchestration.
Strongexpertiseacross major cloud providers (AWS Azure GCP).
Solid knowledge of monitoring and logging stacks:Prometheus/GrafanaOTEL.
Proventrack recordwithconfiguration management tools: Ansible Puppet ChefSaltStack.
Skilled inGit version controland workflows (GitHub GitLab).
Advanced infrastructure security skills with hands-onexpertisein tools such asHashicorpVaultSemgrep and integrated CI/CD pipeline security.
Experience with artifact management (Artifactory Docker Registry).
Exceptionaltroubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud container and distributed system environments.
Excellentwritten/verbal communication and documentation capabilities.
DemonstratedsuccessworkinginAgile/Scrumenvironments.
Demonstrated leadership capabilitiessuch as mentoring technical guidance and bestpracticesadvocacy.
Preferred Qualifications
Requires aBachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related fieldor equivalent experience.
7 years of experience designing implementing and supporting production systems in DevOps or cloud engineering roles (minimum 5 years with direct DevOps focus).
ProvenexpertiseinIaC automation and cloud securityat enterprise scale.
Significant experiencewith high-availability architectures disaster recovery performance tuning and cost optimization strategies.
Exposure to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
Prior leadership mentoring or team lead experience strongly preferred.
#LI-ZB1
F5 is an equal opportunity employer.
We value innovation collaboration and a relentless focus on automation reliability and security. If you are driven toimpactglobal infrastructure and help lead DevOpstransformation then applynow to make a lasting contribution at F5 Inc!
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.
The annual base pay for this position is: $161600.00 - $242400.00F5 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: 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 @) 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 .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
F5 application services ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should—in any environment and on any device.