Sr. Security Researcher

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.

F5 Inc. seeks Sr. Security Researcher in Seattle WA:

Job Duties: Research web frameworks and servers to identify and understand emerging threats. Examine and replicate newly disclosed web application vulnerabilities. Focus on WAF (Web Application Firewall) evasion techniques to preemptively bypass our defenses before hackers can. Create innovative proof of concept solutions for advanced threats and continuously refining attack signatures all in collaboration with development teams to enhance the WAF product using our research findings. Gather web security intelligence from blogs forums conferences and academic papers. Build tools and infrastructure for analyzing attacks. Compose and distribute insights through blogs reports and presenting at security conventions. Periodically perform security efficacy assessments on a variety of products including WAFs API security solutions application security scanners and machine learning models to verify and improve their defense capabilities. Telecommuting Permitted.

Minimum Requirements: Masters degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering (any) Information Technology or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in job offered or two (2) years of experience in the field of software engineering Program analysis or related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements:

Python Java JavaScript C C C# WAF (Web Application Firewall) HTTP protocol

Any suitable combination of education training and experience is acceptable.

Salary: $133600 - $200400 per annum. Benefits: F5 offers competitive pay 401k and other benefits: a resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email at: at Req.# L25-169707.

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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.

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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 .