Sr Engineer

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.

Position Summary

As part of F5’s software engineering professionals, you will be tasked with our most challenging problems, diagnosing and troubleshooting complex systems issues, and building innovative high-quality solutions that are secure, scalable, and reliable. This position is responsible for the design, development and implementation of complete software components. Designs, develops and maintains high-quality code for complex product components. Manages assigned projects independently and may serve as technical expert for issues associated with specific projects. May assist Principal, Sr. Principal and Architects to detail certain aspects of product design.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, implement and Support software/firmware solutions for platform components of F5 Network’s products.
• Design, implement and Support solutions in Linux kernel code, device drivers, data path.
• Work cross functionally integrating, testing and debugging issues with existing system wide software.
• Recommends and maintains technical design methodologies, processes and standards
• Independently determines and develops approaches to solutions for assigned projects by identifying, resolving and mitigating risk and communicating to stakeholders
• Provides technical solutions to detail certain aspects of product design and ensures that resulting design specification fits into technical architectural framework.
• Provides technical guidance to lower-level engineers
• Assisting and driving customer solutions

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience developing for the Linux kernel and OS.
• Must have strong C, C++ programming skills.
• Working knowledge of a scripting language such as Perl, Python, etc. is required.
• Strong knowledge of CPU architecture.
• Knowledge of Devices, Ethernet networking devices and communications protocols (Marvel a plus).
• Working knowledge of common bus architectures (e.g., PCIe, DMA, I2C).
• Knowledge of various networking L2-L4 protocols (e.g. VLAN, IP, TCP, IPv4, IPv6).
• Experience reading schematics and using diagnostic tools.
• Experience with TCP/IP as well as Unix-based operating systems.
• Experience working with PC architectures.
• Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment that requires candidate to grasp new technologies quickly.
• Working knowledge for Docker containers and orchestration platforms such as Open shift, Kubernetes.
• Working Knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of 6 years related experience with a Bachelor of Engineering in ECE/Computers or 5 years of experience with ME/MTech in ECE/Computers.
• Excellent organizational agility and interpersonal skills throughout the organization.
• Ability to work flexible hours for better collaboration with international teams.

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 accommodations@f5.com.