SR IT Infra Governance & Architecture Specialist

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.

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About the Role

Reporting to the VP Technology Resilience the Senior IT Infrastructure Governance & Architecture Specialist owns enterprise-wide governance of IT infrastructure design architecture high availability (HA) and technology standards across F5s hybrid and multi-cloud environment. This is a centralized strategic governance role not a hands-on engineering or implementation position. Think of it as the most senior technical lens on the enterprise: you will assess what exists evaluate whats been proposed identify whats broken or at risk and drive the organization to the right outcome.

You will work alongside our Senior Architects DR and BC specialists owning the complementary domain of design integrity architecture governance and high availability assurance.

This role requires someone who is deeply experienced independently driven highly confident and capable of engaging executives and engineering teams with equal authority. You dont need to be told what to do you already know what good looks like and you hold others to that standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design Governance: Evaluate current-state and proposed IT designs across backup infrastructure networking compute/storage cloud platforms and high availability assessing against industry standards and F5s risk tolerance. Produce structured findings gap analyses and actionable recommendations.
• ARB & M&A Governance: Serve as a reviewing authority on the Architecture Review Board (ARB); lead infrastructure governance assessments for mergers acquisitions and divestitures evaluating inherited environments and integration risk.
• Standards Ownership: Establish and enforce enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks for HA design infrastructure resilience and technology lifecycle; ensure alignment with NIST ISO 27001 SOX GPDR and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Assessment & Reporting: Conduct deep-dive assessments of as-is configurations deployment patterns and design documentation; translate technical findings into executive-level reports risk scorecards and remediation roadmaps presented to senior leadership and governance bodies.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Infrastructure Cloud Engineering Network Operations Security/CISO and application teams to guide redesigns enforce standards and integrate governance into change management and project delivery lifecycles.
• Vendor & Technology Governance: Evaluate infrastructure vendor solutions (backup platforms cloud-native HA/DR services network and compute technologies) from a governance and standards perspective; influence procurement and architecture decisions.
• Continuous Improvement: Monitor emerging threats technology trends and evolving industry frameworks; proactively evolve F5s infrastructure governance posture toward greater resilience automation and risk reduction.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 12 years of progressive enterprise IT experience with a minimum of 5 years in a governance architecture review or enterprise assessment role (not hands-on engineering).
• Domain Expertise: Expert-level knowledge across two or more of the following: backup/recovery architecture (preferred) network design compute/storage design cloud architecture (AWS Azure GCP) and high availability design patterns (preferred).
• Governance Skills: Demonstrated experience leading architecture review processes conducting gap analyses producing executive-grade documentation and driving remediation outcomes across large complex organizations.
• Cloud Proficiency: Solid understanding of multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure architectures and their HA/resilience implications (not deep implementation experience required).
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to present complex technical findings to C-suite and board-level audiences and influence outcomes.
• Self-Direction: Proven ability to work autonomously manage competing priorities and deliver measurable outcomes without close supervision.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Information Technology or a related field (Masters or MBA strongly preferred).
• Certifications (one or more preferred):
  • TOGAF 9/10 (The Open Group Architecture Framework enterprise architecture governance gold standard)
  • Cisco CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure Data Center or Cloud deep network/infrastructure mastery)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (cloud architecture governance)
  • ITIL 4 Managing Professional or Strategic Leader (IT service/infrastructure governance)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from ISACA (IT audit and control governance)

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience in regulated industries (OEM Technology Government) with direct audit and compliance exposure.
• Familiarity with M&A technical due diligence and integration governance.
• CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control) or CGEIT (Governance of Enterprise IT) from ISACA.
• SABSA Chartered Architect or CISSP for security architecture governance overlay.
• Knowledge of backup governance platforms (e.g. Commvault Cohesity Veeam) from a standards/assessment perspective.
• Background in ransomware resilience architecture or cyber-recovery design review.
• Experience with NIST CSF ISO/IEC 27001 and CIS Controls as governance frameworks.

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.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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