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.

F5 is looking for a Software Engineer III – Kubernetes Networking to contribute towards F5’s cloud native BIG IP Next products. You would be responsible for contributing to F5’s Kubernetes based control-plane that is resilient, scalable and helps orchestrates cloud native AI applications, performing in-depth security impact analysis. This Control Plane provides a global, scalable, and secure way to deploy and manage applications to multiple tenants at the same time!

What You Will Do:

Independently determine and develop approaches to solutions for assigned projects by identifying, resolving and mitigating risk and communicating to others
Provide technical solutions to detail certain aspects of product design and ensures that resulting design specification fits into technical architectural framework.
Perform analysis to define design requirements for modification to existing tools, utilities, system structures, environments and provide technical perspective for input into project scope and estimating activities
Recommend and maintain technical design methodologies, processes and standards
Provide technical mentorship to junior level engineers
Assist Principal Engineers and Management with project scope
Consistently meet commitments
Assist with and drive customer solutions
Participate in hiring and onboarding process
Conducts presentations internally and externally

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent coding skills in Go or C/C++, Python etc.
Proficiency in standard data structures and algorithms, run-time complexities, IPC, etc. is required.
Proficiency in Kubernetes, CRDs, Helm, gRPC, CNI etc. is required
Must have strong background in networking technologies & protocols like IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP etc.
Experience developing applications in docker/container-based cloud environment
Working knowledge of application deployment/orchestration using Kubernetes is desired
Experience writing automated unit/functional tests
Experience with gitlab/github or other source code management is needed.
Outstanding problem solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Experience with AWS and other cloud technologies is a plus
Able to own various complex problems, collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.
Regularly demonstrates collaboration by promoting others’ ideas, working well within and other teams, influencing others, and making teams successful.
Demonstrated leadership role within project team.
Must be passionate and enjoy solving complex problems. This is a fast paced, innovative environment and requires candidate to grasp new technologies quickly. Often knowledge is self-taught as formal training in emerging technologies may not exist.
Demonstrated excellence in written, interpersonal, and verbal communications. Regularly finds ways to communicate widely through discussions, white papers, publications and other. Willingness and ability to write good functional specification and design documents

Qualifications:

BS degree with 5+ years of experience or Masters’ degree with 3+ years of experience in Computer Science or similar field
Experienced with SaaS-based Multi-tenant systems.
Hands on experience with one of the following programming languages: Golang, C++, Java.
Good understanding of Linux OS security controls, Docker and Kubernetes Security Architecture, microservices.
Experience reviewing software architecture and performing security impact analyses.
Experience with access management on AWS, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, GitHub, GitLab, etc.
Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab.
Good understanding of complexities and security challenges in large-scale distributed systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication 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.

The annual base pay for this position is: $140,909.00 - $211,363.00

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 accommodations@f5.com.