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.<div>F5 Distributed Cloud Platform is a world class, mission critical and highly reliable platform serving a global customer base. Our customers depend on us to keep their business highly available and secure around the planet. </div><div>We are rapidly expanding our platform in many dimensions – global footprint, infrastructure, performance, low latency etc., We are looking for a hands-on, driven, results oriented Architect in our Platform Security organization.  </div><div>This organization is responsible for the build and life cycle management of Distributed Cloud platform with Secure first mindset. We build, engineer and evolve systems, tools and practices to ensure our Distributed Cloud is always protected from code to traffic.  </div><div> </div><div>Responsibilities   </div><div><ul><li>Design and implement a blueprint with Security First mindset for Distributed Cloud. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of the company. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Drive architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models to ensure operational, security, and scalability concerns are addressed early. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Work closely with Engineers and Managers to drive the engineering and deployment and operationalization of Distributed Cloud platform. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Ensure the documenting and recording every aspect of Distributed Cloud. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Ensure teams can identify problems within software systems and drive issues to resolution. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Developing good working relationships with other employees and senior leadership. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Engineer systems and tools to secure communication between On Prem and Public Clouds. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Evolve Distributed Cloud to meet federally regulated standards – FedRamp, IL5, HIPAA. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Build and Operate systems for data protection, identifying and mitigating threats from supply chains, external attacks. </li></ul></div><div>   </div><div>Required Qualifications   </div><div><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience of 12+ years in architecture roles, with 5+ years in a Principal Architect capacity for a global SaaS or cloud platform in Security. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Experience building and operating Products serving in Federal regulatory customers – FedRamp, IL5, HIPAA etc., </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant, multi-region, highly available SaaS services at global scale.  </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Deep technical expertise in CDN, edge computing, routing, load balancing, DDoS mitigation, and application layer security.  </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies.   </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Broad understanding of coding and programming languages.   </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.   </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Excellent understanding of design patterns and architectural styles.   </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Proficient knowledge of the operation and development designs of agile software.   </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills. </li></ul>#LI-ZB1</div>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: $242,360.00 - $363,540.00F5 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: <a href="https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits" target="_blank">https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits</a>. 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 <a href="mailto:accommodations@f5.com" target="_blank">accommodations@f5.com</a>.