Engineer II,Software

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.

As a member of the F5 Bot Defense Tactical Security team, your role will encompass driving the advancement of cutting-edge bot defense technology offered as a service. Collaborating seamlessly with counterparts in both product and engineering groups, you will play a pivotal role in fortifying F5’s proactive stance against emerging threats. Your journey will involve immersing yourself in a comprehensive grasp of the diverse OWASP Automated Threats to Web Applications across industries, and actively tracking the dynamic evolution of attacker tools, tactics and procedures throughout their campaigns. Join us in shaping the future of security and ensuring F5 remains at the forefront of safeguarding Web applications.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the real-time mitigation and analysis of threats on F5’s customer applications and platforms
• Configure and maintain current iterations of monitoring and alerting tools and participate in the development process to improve their performance and effectiveness
• Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring incidents, new standard operating procedures/runbooks, knowledge transfer material, etc.
• Recommend and drive process improvements to enhance operational efficiency
• Work closely with Research, Engineering, Technical Account Managers and other teams cross-functionally within the company
• Assist, mentor and train analysts regarding detecting, monitoring and escalating security incidents
• Work firsthand with F5 customers to handle escalations and recommend strategies for on-going threats to improve security posture

Qualifications:

• B.S. or equivalent experience in the technology or security field (coding, sql or any database querying, threat hunting)
• Technical background, with demonstrable experience in web and mobile application technologies, networking, and cybersecurity
• Working knowledge of the various components of a modern, scalable web application, including CDNs, proxies, load balancers, application servers, WAFs, etc.
• Familiar with querying and data analysis of large data sets (SQL, Python, ElasticSearch, Splunk, excel)
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment; Self-motivated and proactive, with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities.
• 3+ years of experience

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.

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 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 accommodations@f5.com.