Consultant I
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.
Our Values
At F5, we live and breathe our core values, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Customer Dedication, Profitable Growth, Innovation, Employee Success, and Diversity. We help each other achieve our goals, value the diversity of ideas different backgrounds can bring, emphasize teamwork over rock-stars, work hard and most of all have fun.
We offer work/life integration programs like Freedom to Flex, dynamic employee inclusion groups, paid maternity/paternity leave, tuition assistance for professional development, a comprehensive mentoring program, rewards/recognition, and so much more. At F5, we truly do help each other thrive and it shows: F5 has been named one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune magazine for the past two years.
And this dedication to living our culture doesn’t just exist within our offices; it extends into our communities through Global Good initiatives such as employee matching, volunteer opportunities, and the F5 Foundation. Our employees are passionate about making a difference in the world.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become part of a company that’s on the forefront of transformation. And because we know that a more diverse F5 is a more powerful F5, we’re looking for smart, passionate, determined individuals to join us. If you make thoughtful decisions quickly, obsess over your customers’ needs, take ownership of your work (the mistakes as well as the successes), and embrace different perspectives by putting the human first, then we want to talk to you.
Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!
Our team provides a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to help customers architect, implement, maintain, and optimize their IT infrastructure with our products. You can help our best in-class customers improve application delivery, access, security, and data management for their infrastructure. What would you do?
We're excited for you to partner with our clients, advising them how to use our ADC solutions in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems. You are a leader with vision, providing strategic mentorship and subject matter expertise to customers with regard to implementation and configuration of our core BIG-IP products.
You are the face of F5 while engaged on customer projects and are key contributors cultivating a positive relationship between our customers through effective communication and successful delivery of the solutions. Provide an understanding and communicate goals and critical success factors for the project as well as setting up a dialog on ideas persuasively and pace the communications properly.
What are your responsibilities?
Provide technical mentorship to customer onsite and/or remotely regarding the implementation, configuration and maintenance of the F5 BIG-IP core products independently or with a team
Perform as project lead and/or catalyst for systems architecture, solution design, deployment, testing, problem identification, troubleshooting and documentation
Perform basic project management duties such as projects status update reports, time tracking and expectation management for the delivery of work product and associated risks
Lead customer interaction and engagement over the course of the assigned projects
Maintain working proficiency in our products and technologies through focused and formal training
Identify additional product/services opportunities in customer organization
Engage with multiple teams including but not limited to F5 Support, F5 Product Sales, and F5 Professional Services Sales
It is helpful for talent to have knowledge & experience with the following:
Good understanding of Containerization concepts including Docker images, Deployment Plans, YAML file configurations, Kubectl (Kubernetes Command Line Tool)
Strong understanding of Cloud native and container based distributed systems like Kubernetes
Working experience of provisioning and managing container clusters
Knowledge of common networking concepts with a deep understanding of Ethernet, IP (IPv4 and IPv6), TCP, and UDP.
In-depth knowledge of the HTTP protocol and related technologies, such as HTML, XML, JSON, AJAX, and JavaScript.
Configuring or running OSPF, BGP, static and dynamic routing with firewall technology for any organization.
Linux, UNIX, and Windows knowledge • Knowledge of DNS related tools and technologies: BIND, named
Cryptographic concepts and implementations: OpenSSL, DNSSEC, SSL/TLS, PKI, IKE
AAA related technologies: Active Directory (AD), LDAP, NTLM, Kerberos, SAML, RADIUS, DIAMETER, and TACACS.
VPN and tunneling technologies: IPsec, SSL, PPTP, GRE, MPLS
IIS, Apache, WebSphere, WebLogic, Oracle or similar web and application platforms.
Security certifications: OSCP, OSWE, GIAC, CISSP, Security+
Scripting and development experience in F5 iRules, Unix Shell, Perl, Python, C, C++, C#; Web Technologies: Java, JSP, PHP, .NET, Node.js
How do you qualify?
Hold a BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience.
Showcase at least 5+ years of experience, with a focus on architecture and design of network or systems infrastructure, performance, and management
Proficiency with F5 ADC and industry standard security technologies and products: Firewalls, WAFs, IDS/IPS
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Your duties will be performed in a normal office environment, while sitting at a desk or computer table. You will be using a computer, communicating in audio or video calls via headset, and reading printed or on-screen material daily.
Work hours will correspond to our customers schedule, so the role may require work outside of core business hours, including early mornings, late evenings, overnight, weekends and/or public holidays.
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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.
The annual U.S. base pay range for this position is: $104,745.00 - $157,117.00F5 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: 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.