Enterprise Architect

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.

As an Enterprise Architect, you will contribute to the strategy, design, and evolution of our enterprise infrastructure and security architecture across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. You will work on end-to-end architecture spanning network infrastructure, cloud platforms, security controls, and infrastructure automation—ensuring resilience, scalability, and alignment with business objectives while maintaining a strong security posture.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the enterprise architecture roadmap for infrastructure and security systems spanning Azure, AWS, GCP, and on-premises data centers.
• Design network architecture patterns including segmentation, Zero Trust frameworks, software-defined networking, and hybrid connectivity solutions.
• Collaborate with Security, Platform Engineering, and Application teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure infrastructure solutions.
• Support the development of architectural standards, governance frameworks, and best practices for infrastructure-as-code, automation, and security controls.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including cloud-native security, infrastructure automation, and observability platforms to enhance operational efficiency and security posture.
• Participate in vendor assessments, build vs. buy decisions, and technology rationalization initiatives for infrastructure and security tooling.
• Work with senior architects to guide cross-functional delivery teams on complex implementations and migrations.
• Support infrastructure modernization initiatives including cloud migration strategies, datacenter consolidation, and legacy system decommissioning.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture experience with deep focus on infrastructure and security domains.
• Deep expertise in multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) including compute, storage, networking, and security services.
• Strong networking background including routing/switching, load balancing, firewalls, VPN/SD-WAN, and network segmentation strategies.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools and automation frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and build consensus across business and IT organizations.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing Zero Trust architecture and identity-centric security models.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, and platform engineering principles.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes), service mesh, and cloud-native architectures.
• Background in security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2) and compliance requirements.
• Experience with observability platforms, SRE practices, and infrastructure cost optimization.
• Knowledge of hybrid identity solutions, privileged access management, and secrets management platforms.

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.

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 [email protected].