Engineer I, 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.

About the position:

F5 is looking for a Security Engineer I who is enthusiastic about Security Operations field spanning access management, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, secrets management, SSO integrations etc. to contribute to F5’s Edge 2.0 platform. This platform provides global, scalable, and secure way to deploy applications. In this position, you will be the involved in various areas of Security operations and will be the point-of-contact for the entire platform’s SecOps needs in your domain.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with software architects, security defenders, Operations, SRE, compliance experts, and business leaders to understand the logical boundaries of the systems and access control mechanisms. You will take inventory and define access management policies with other parts of the larger security team.

• You will be responsible for setup of and integration with authentication systems (e.g. SSO) and other third-party subscriptions and maintain an inventory of access credentials and API keys.

• Responsible for managing Identity and Access Management of Internal systems.

• You will periodically audit access policies and re-evaluate access hierarchies as the underlying architecture and systems change.

• You will participate in vulnerability management program and work with other teams to prepare comprehensive vulnerability reports.

• You will participate in and respond to threat intelligence for the platform and define procedures for handling such incoming information.

• Demonstrate technical understanding in multiple security and Identity development areas.

Minimum qualifications:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 3+ years of security operations experience

• Familiarity with access management on Google, Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Github, GitLab, etc.

• Hands on experience with computer programming languages and/or scripting languages such as Python, Java, Shell

• Good understanding of authentication systems, MFA, DNS, Certificate management, secret management, secure communication, etc.

• Working knowledge of Cloud orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, Openstack etc.

• Self-motivated and willing to delve into new areas and take on new challenges in an enthusiastic manner

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong interpersonal, team building, and mentoring skills

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 [email protected].