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.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.Position Summary: We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Cloud SRE and Automation with strong expertise in building reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure, implementing runbook automation, and driving operational excellence through intelligent automation and observability.What You'll Do:Build and Scale Cloud Infrastructure with ReliabilityDesign, develop, and implement cloud-native automation and remediation services across AWS, Azure, and GCP platformsBuild and maintain highly available, scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates)Develop and optimize cloud architectures for reliability, performance, and cost efficiencyImplement and manage Kubernetes-based containerized workloads across multi-cloud environmentsDesign and build self-healing systems with automated remediation and closed-loop automationCreate and maintain observability pipelines, monitoring solutions, and alerting systems across cloud platformsDevelop cloud-native CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable application and infrastructure deploymentsDrive SRE Excellence and AutomationApply Site Reliability Engineering principles including SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, and error budgets to cloud servicesDesign and implement runbook automation frameworks for incident response and operational tasksBuild automation tools and scripts to reduce toil and improve operational efficiencyDevelop integration layers with ITSM platforms, incident management systems, and monitoring tools (ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Jira)Implement chaos engineering and resilience testing to validate system reliabilityPerform capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization for cloud resourcesParticipate in incident response, on-call rotations, and conduct blameless postmortemsMonitor, Observe, and OptimizeImplement comprehensive observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, and other toolsBuild automated alerting and intelligent runbook triggering based on system metrics and logsDevelop dashboards and metrics to track system health, performance, and reliabilityAnalyze system behavior and implement predictive analytics for proactive issue detectionOptimize application and infrastructure performance across distributed cloud environmentsCollaborate and MentorWork closely with SREs, QA, development teams, and platform engineers to improve reliability and performanceMentor junior engineers on SRE best practices, cloud architecture, and automation developmentParticipate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture planningContribute to the evolution of SRE culture and practices within the organizationDocument automation workflows, runbooks, cloud architectures, and operational proceduresQualifications:Must-Have:Software Engineering & SRE Experience – 6-8 years of software development experience with 3+ years in SRE, DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering rolesProgramming Skills – Strong programming proficiency in PythonCloud Platform Expertise – Hands-on experience with multi-cloud environments:AWS: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Step Functions, Systems Manager, Auto Scaling, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS/DynamoDBAzure: Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, ARM Templates, Logic Apps, Azure Automation, Virtual Networks, Azure ADGCP: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, Cloud Monitoring, Deployment Manager, Cloud Workflows, VPC, IAMExperience with at least two major cloud providersKubernetes & Containers – Strong experience with:Kubernetes architecture, deployments, services, and operationsContainer orchestration (EKS, AKS, GKE)Docker, containerd, and container image managementHelm, Kustomize for application packagingSRE Principles & Practices – Deep understanding of:Site Reliability Engineering methodologies (SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, error budgets)Incident management, on-call practices, and postmortem cultureToil reduction and automation strategiesCapacity planning and performance engineeringChaos engineering and resilience testingObservability & Monitoring – Hands-on experience with:Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetryCloud-native monitoring (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Cloud Logging)Log aggregation and analysis (ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog)Distributed tracing and APM toolsTime-series databases and metrics systemsCI/CD & DevOps – Strong experience with:CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)Git-based workflows and version controlAutomated testing and deployment strategiesCommunication & Problem-Solving – Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills; strong written and verbal communication abilities Nice-to-Have:Advanced Cloud Skills – Experience with:Multi-cloud architecture and hybrid cloud deploymentsCloud migration strategies and implementationServerless architectures and event-driven systemsCloud cost optimization and FinOps practicesCloud security best practices and compliance frameworksAdvanced Kubernetes – Experience with:Kubernetes operators and custom controllersCustom Resource Definitions (CRDs)Kubernetes security, RBAC, and network policiesMulti-cluster and multi-tenant Kubernetes architecturesAI/ML for Operations – Understanding or experience with:Machine learning concepts for IT operationsAnomaly detection and predictive analyticsIntelligent alerting and automated root cause analysisLog analysis using ML techniquesAdvanced Observability – Experience with:eBPF for advanced system observabilityCustom OpenTelemetry collectors and instrumentationAdvanced APM tools (New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics)Network performance monitoring (ThousandEyes, Kentik)Additional Automation Tools – Experience with:ChatOps frameworks and integrationsIncident response automation platforms (Shoreline, Resolve)Event streaming platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub)Automation & Runbooks – Experience with:Runbook automation platforms (Rundeck, StackStorm, Ansible Tower/AWX)Workflow orchestration and job schedulingAutomated remediation and self-healing systemsEvent-driven automation frameworksAdditional Experience:Contributions to open-source cloud, SRE, or automation projectsExperience with database reliability (MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL)Knowledge of disaster recovery and high availability patternsEducation:Typically requires a minimum of 10+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 3+ years and a master's degreeBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferredEnvironment:Freedom and Learning: Embrace an environment that fosters freedom, continuous learning, and ownershipMentorship: Benefit from great mentors with solid backgrounds in various areas, eager to contribute to your professional developmentTeam Collaboration: Join a great team where you will feel at home from day one, contributing to a positive and supportive workplace cultureThe 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: $176,800.00 - $265,200.00F5 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 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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