Sr Solutions Architect

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.

Overview: 

F5’s Service Provider Business Unit is on the hunt for a forward-thinking Sr Solution Architect to spearhead the next wave of innovative product and partner integrations. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in creating “1+1=3” outcomes—delivering synergistic solutions that not only satisfy, but enhance the business, technical, operational, functional, and system requirements of our customers and ecosystem partners.

Key elements of the role include:

• Strategic Integration Leadership: Partner with industry leaders such as NVIDIA, AWS, Azure, Oracle, Supermicro and more to architect and implement cutting-edge integrations that bridge Telco (mobile and fixed) and IT networking technologies. Your efforts will ensure we meet not only the technical demands of our partners, but also their broader business and operational objectives.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with a multitude of stakeholders—from product management and engineering, partners and technology providers to the F5 customer account teams—to elicit, analyze, and translate complex requirements into cohesive, customer-centric solutions. Your aptitude for merging diverse inputs into synergistic architectures will be crucial.
• Articulation of Value: Develop, document, and present detailed solution proposals that articulate everything from technical architecture to risk profiles, cost structures, timelines, and resource needs. You’ll be equally comfortable engaging with technical experts and executive decision-makers, ensuring that the business case for each solution is clear and compelling at every level.
• Delivering Comprehensive Solutions: Your integrated proposals will detail the technical underpinnings and business advantages of our proposed solutions—including robust technical architecture plans and detailed descriptions—and laying out the clear pathway from concept to operational reality.

What you’ll do:

• Responsible for the establishment of architectures and solutions for F5’s Hyperscaler, Telecoms customers together with product management and development and with key technology partners
• Engage with partners and prime SI’s on assessing, analyzing and documenting the clients’ business and operational requirements
• Formulate creative and unique solutions leveraging the capabilities of accelerated computing, cloud and communications technologies from F5 and our ecosystem partners
• Set up and participate in collaboration teams within cross functional stakeholders, both inside F5 and with partner companies or prime system integrators
• If necessary, propose and participate in solution prototyping and proof of concepts
• Document requirements, risks, costs, design, dependencies, and implementation overview for integration to proposals, statements of work with partners
• Influence changes to standards or product development when necessary.
• Direct the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, partner solutions, or teaming options to increase probability of customer selection based on business requirements, functionality, and total cost of ownership.
• Collaborate with F5 functional departments (Office of the CTO, product management, CISO, system and field engineering, strategic alliances, and support) to incorporate both current and planned F5 technologies, products and solutions into proposals.
• Participate and assist in the preparation of solution whitepapers and proposals 

What you’ll bring:

• BS/BA or equivalent work experience  
• 10+ years related industry experience  
• Relevant certifications, a plus 
• Basic F5 product knowledge or experience in relevant industry offerings 

How you’ll do it:

• Experience with working with public cloud and cloud native platforms
• Knowledge of the underpinning hardware technologies/architectures for accelerated computing, AI and telecom such as GPU’s (Graphics Processing Units), FPGAs, DPU’s or Data Processing Units
• A Plus in proficiency in AI and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow and Pytorch
• Cloud/Hyperscaler (IaaS, PaaS) and telecom infrastructure (3GPP technologies like 5G, 6G) competence and experience
• Understanding of secure network design and how to adapt them for AI-native environments (Application delivery, L4-L7 security, optimization)
• Technically creative and open-minded 
• Demonstrated capacity for lifetime learning in areas of complex technology, systems and solutions
• Excellent oral and written communication for both technical and C-level audiences
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective interpersonal skills and collaborative management style to include teamwork and team building ability

What you’ll get:

• This role reports to the Director for Business Development Service Provider Business Unit
• While we encourage remote/virtual meetings, the nature of the role could require travel up to 30-40% of the time, and working across time zones  
• This is a self-driven role, so career growth and development are available at every stage of your career. 

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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: $190,720.00 - $286,080.00

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 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 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].