Senior Solutions Engineer - Public Sector

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.

Role Overview

The Solutions Engineer (SE) is a sales and technical role with focus on customer/partners and is part of the sales organization. The SE’s primary responsibility is to support the sales team with technical skills and provide technical knowledge around F5 solutions to our customers. To be effective, an SE needs to have excellent technical skills and knowledge on both F5 products and the “eco-system” that we work in. Fear not, we do provide training and certification to keep abreast with these critical skills! 

The high-level objective is to achieve the allocated sales target and selling relevant F5 solutions and products to our customers business needs, in partnership with the Sales Account Manager.

From our customer(s) perspective, the SE is a trusted adviser who proactively learns and understands their technical and business challenges and is able to propose effective solutions to mitigate their concerns/offer gainful solutions. The F5 SE not only presents the technical features but also business benefits in the Technical Value Proposition.

What you’ll do

• Articulate the F5 product strategy, messaging and positioning F5’s value proposition and solutions for customer business objectives 
• Provide technical expertise through sales presentations, solution designs, solution demonstrations, proof of concepts by various mediums such as in-person/virtual presentations, white boards etc 
• Determine viability of opportunity and map out organizational structure. 
• Drive the sales process in partnership with the Account Manager, by identifying the Technical Decision Maker, getting their technical validation, support, and sponsorship.  
• Consistently provide world-class customer service through the customer life cycle
• Work collaboratively with internal technical and sales resources, share best practices, updates, offer and seek expertise as the need arises in various opportunities. 

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience, with 8+ years of relevant industry experience, including experience working with public sector accounts.
• Strong networking background and deep knowledge of Kubernetes, containerized applications, and microservices architectures.
• Hands-on experience with container networking interface (CNI) plugins, service meshes, and hybrid or multi-cluster networking.
• Experience with at least two public or private cloud platforms, automation toolsets, and secure multi-cloud architectures.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to customers and stakeholders, with strong client-facing business acumen.
• A customer-focused approach, a strong work ethic, and a curious, humble, collaborative attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and adopt AI tools to improve day-to-day work.
• Advanced knowledge of F5 solutions and familiarity with competing offerings.
• Experience with OpenShift and proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, JavaScript, or Go.
• Understanding of application security vulnerabilities, threats, controls, and web application firewalls.
• Experience mentoring others or representing a company at technical meetups.
• Relevant certifications, such as CKNE, CKA, Istio certifications, or cloud network engineering certifications.

What You’ll Get:

• Hybrid working mode
• Career growth and development opportunities  
• Recognitions and Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits and cool perks
• Culture of Giving Back
• Dynamic Diversity & Inclusion Interest Groups

Apply if you believe your own unique capabilities can contribute to the success of this role and our organization!

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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.

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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].