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The Security Engineer III is a career-level security engineering professional responsible for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving security platforms that support Security Operations. As part of the Security Operations Platform Engineering (SOPE) team, this role focuses on the reliability, effectiveness, and operational maturity of technologies supporting data protection, endpoint security, and related security capabilities. The engineer partners closely with Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Logging Engineering, and IT teams to ensure security platforms provide the visibility, controls, and telemetry required to protect the organization while supporting ongoing automation and operational excellence initiatives.
Primary Responsibilities
Implement and maintain enterprise security platforms with emphasis on DLP, endpoint security, and related SecOps technologies.
Configure and optimize security controls, policies, integrations, and telemetry to improve platform effectiveness and operational outcomes.
Develop and enhance automation, monitoring, and operational processes that improve platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
Collaborate with Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Logging Engineering, and other Technology Services teams to support security operations and investigations.
Evaluate and test new platform capabilities, integrations, and security technologies to address evolving business and security requirements.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues spanning endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and security infrastructure domains.
Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, standards, and operational procedures while participating in an engineering on-call rotation.
Required Skills / Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technology disciplines.
Experience deploying, administering, or supporting enterprise security technologies and security controls.
Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and data security domains.
Experience with scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Skills / Qualifications
Experience with Microsoft Purview, Netskope, CrowdStrike Falcon, or comparable DLP and endpoint security platforms.
Experience with CASB, SSE, Insider Risk Management, or related data security technologies.
Experience integrating security platforms using APIs, automation, or workflow orchestration.
Familiarity with SIEM platforms, security telemetry pipelines, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
Experience supporting cloud environments and services in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Work Environment
This is a full-time engineering role and is not a shift-based position. Participation in an engineering on-call rotation is required and may occasionally require support outside normal business hours during critical incidents or platform maintenance activities. Travel may be required up to 5%, including occasional international travel.
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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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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].
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technology disciplines.
- Experience deploying, administering, or supporting enterprise security technologies and controls.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and data security domains.
- Experience with scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview, Netskope, CrowdStrike Falcon, or comparable DLP and endpoint security platforms.
- Experience with CASB, SSE, Insider Risk Management, or related data security technologies.
- Experience integrating security platforms using APIs, automation, or workflow orchestration.
- Familiarity with SIEM platforms, security telemetry pipelines, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Experience supporting cloud environments and services in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
F5 Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about F5 and has not been reviewed or approved by F5.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful parts of total compensation, with RSUs and a discount ESPP commonly included. Pay packages for many technical roles are considered competitive when equity is taken into account.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation that increases with tenure, sick time, paid holidays, and paid family leave are prominently featured. Additional programs like volunteer time and periodic wellness long weekends are highlighted as part of the time-off ecosystem.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Health plans include travel support for specific care (such as reproductive and gender‑affirming services) and mental health resources, alongside comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. These elements are presented as part of a broad, inclusive approach to healthcare.
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