Solutions Architect
Volterra
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 Architect (SA) position is a technical leadership role supporting a Sales region and reports to the SE Director for Japan. Architects are typically assigned a technology area to focus on such as Cloud, DevOps, Security, Service Provider.
The SA’s primary function is to work collaboratively with Sales teams identifying appropriate F5 solutions to address customers’ business needs. They provide technical expertise and business understanding across specific or multiple industries. They champion our customers’ requirements and ensure they are understood across other teams within F5 such as Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and Product Development.
The SA also shares knowledge and educates the solution engineering team internally and externally via whitepapers, trainings, blogs, tech-tips, presentations etc. To be effective, an SA 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 position will be located in Tokyo, Japan, featuring a hybrid working model (combining office and remote work). Additionally, the role may entail travel of up to 35% of the time.
Sounds interesting? Read on!
What You’ll Do:
Play the role of an evangelist, and thought leader in building, operating, securing modern apps and APIs
Engage with key personas in accounts to help sell the F5 vision and create opportunities
Work on strategic opportunities providing technical expertise to develop innovative solutions to help win deals
Collaborate with other solution architects and internal business leaders to share ideas, identify common customer pain points and trends, and define the appropriate F5 solutions
Work closely with our internal product management and services teams and provide technical and business understanding for product development, launches and updates that would be beneficial for our customers
Provide mentorship as needed to the Solution Engineering community in the organization
What You’ll Bring:
Experience in speaking at industry/customer events, publishing whitepapers/solution articles, blogs, tech-tips etc
Extensive experience making product demonstrations and technical presentations to technical and business leads
Deep knowledge of F5 Solutions
8+ years of related industry experience
Relevant certifications a plus
BS/BA or equivalent work experience
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
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
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