Sr TME for AI Security, API Security & DevOps

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.

This opportunity is open for Hybrid working in Seattle Spokane WA or San Jose CA offices. This would require in office attendance 30 days per quarter.

Security Focus:AI Security API Security OWASP MITRE WAAP and DevOps

Why This Role Matters

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world but its also creating an entirely new landscape of security threats. As aSenior Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) at F5 you wont just talk about the future of securityyoull build break and demonstrate it.

This is a highly visible hands-on technical role where you will bridge the gap between advanced engineering and creative storytelling. You will become the go-to technical evangelist for F5s cutting-edge security portfolio (F5 Distributed Cloud NGINX and BIG-IP) specifically focused on securing LLMs defending agentic AI models and automating application security (WAAP) directly into modern DevOps pipelines.

If you love writing code spinning up Kubernetes clusters deploying AI Guardrails and then showing the world how you did it through blogs videos and interactive toolsthis is your playground.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will own the technical narrative for F5s AI Security and Automation solutions:

• Build & Break (Solution Development):Design and maintain scalable cloud-native lab environments. You will develop vulnerable applications to simulate real-world attacks (such as prompt injection model poisoning and API breaches) and demonstrate how F5 mitigates them.

• Code & Automate (DevOps):Build Terraform/Ansible configurations and create GitHub-automated CI/CD pipelines to showcase how security integrates seamlessly into the modern developers workflow.

• Evangelize & Educate (Content Creation):Translate complex technical architectures into highly engaging content. Youll author deep-dive blogs produce high-quality demo videos build real-time interactive dashboards and deliver presentations at key industry events.

• Collaborate & Influence:Partner closely with Product Management Threat Intelligence (F5 Labs) and Product Engineering to influence product roadmaps based on real-world feedback from the field and customer communities.

What We Are Looking For (Qualifications)

We know that nobody is a perfect match for a massive list of keywords. If you have a strong foundation in application security love coding and are passionate about learning AI/ML security we want to hear from you!

Core Requirements:

• 8 yearsof experience in a highly technical hands-on role (TME Solutions Architect DevOps Engineer Security QA or similar).

• Strong Scripting & Automation:High proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform Ansible).

• Modern App Architecture:Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes / Docker).

• Security Literacy:Strong understanding of web application security fundamentals includingWAF OWASP Top 10 and API Security.

• Storytelling & Communication:A proven track record of creating compelling technical content (e.g. blogs YouTube/Vimeo demos GitHub repositories or technical documentation).

Preferred (Bonus Points!):

• Prior experience withF5 technologies(BIG-IP NGINX or F5 Distributed Cloud).

• Familiarity with emerging AI security frameworks such asOWASP LLM Top 10orMITRE ATLAS.

• Experience building or securing Generative AI/LLM-powered applications.

• An active presence in developer or open-source security communities.

Whats In It For You

• Direct Impact on the AI Frontier:Work with F5s newest cutting-edge products likeF5 AI Guardrailsand define industry best practices for securing AI models.

• The Best of Both Worlds:Enjoy the technical depth of an engineering role combined with the creative freedom community building and visibility of a marketing role.

• A Culture of Growth:F5 is a global leader in application delivery and security. We provide the resources labs and support you need to continuously ramp up on emerging technologies.

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: $126400.00 - $189600.00

F5 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.

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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 .