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.Do you want a job you love? Do you have a passion to learn new and emerging technology trends? A career that allows you to learn, grow and shine in the exciting application services industry. We are looking for a Principal Solution Engineer to join the F5 Business Development team, who can innovate and build joint solutions using F5's and our ecosystem partners' technologies that will be used by the world’s largest organizations!Collaborating with Business Development Managers (BDM), this role will own the technical solutions development with many of our strategic technology partners.You will assist in the recruitment, development, and documentation of new solutions within the partnership through product demonstrations, technical presentations, training, and support.Primary ResponsibilitiesMaintain an effective relationship with BDMs and our partner’s solution engineers to qualify partnership opportunities, support sales enablement objectives, conduct product demonstrations, and technical presentations.Collaborate directly with technology partner on solution development and assist them with their lab installation and configuration of F5 products. This includes installation, customization, or upgrades of both hardware and software.Produce sales pull through partnerships by effectively positioning F5 solutions and their benefits to the partners and by supporting partnerships at events and shows.Responsible for upholding F5’s business code of ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the code or other company policies.Other ResponsibilitiesWork with BDM and partner to develop and review joint solution documentation.Work on tasks as part of an overall solutions development project.Understand and practice the company's cultures and behaviors (We are Owners, We obsess over customer needs, We make F5 more agile, We create a more diverse and inclusive F5, We help each other thrive).This position requires travel between 15-20% to partner sites, customer sites, other F5 offices, and to tradeshow/conference events.Knowledge, Skills, and AbilitiesExperience in Cloud architectures in: AWS, Azure, GCP or other public clouds, and multi-cloud designCI/CD experience (automate build and test pipelines with GitOps, Jenkins, etc.)Experience with cloud instrumentation and configuration management tools for deployment such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, etc.Experience in software development in Go, Python, Ruby, scripting, languages Knowledge of F5 solutions such as BIG-IP, NGINX, or Distributed Cloud is helpful.Ability to analyze, tackle, and solve technical problems.Deep understanding of technology drivers in the current market, like Cloud, microservices, DevOps, and evolving cyber threats with focus on L7 security.Great interpersonal and presentation skills, with ability to articulate complex technology simply.Proven writing skills, with an emphasis on deployment guides, how-to-guides, technical enablement materials, and blogs.Insatiable, geek-like drive to learn new technologies.QualificationsBS/BA or equivalent work experience.Relevant cloud, networking or security certifications are helpful.Proven track record of learning new technologies, developing domain expertise on new products and solutions, and demonstrating a hands-on approach to installing, using, and maintaining new offerings.Proven track record of trust and ability to adapt to a changing environment.7+ years experience supporting technical sales and/or partners-led sales of enterprise IT platform and cyber-security solutions to corporate accounts.4+ years of developing technical solutions in a collaborative environment.4+ years of participating in the production of technical documents.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.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 U.S. base pay range for this position is: $148,000.00 - $222,000.00F5 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 F5’s 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 F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/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.com) or auto email notification from Yello/Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).Equal Employment OpportunityIt 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 accommodations@f5.com.
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