Solutions Engineer II

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.

The Solutions Engineer II (SE-II) is a sales and technical role with focus on customer/partners and is part of the sales organization. The SE’s primary responsibility is to support the sales team with technical skills and provide technical knowledge around F5 solutions to our partners and customers. To be effective, an SE needs to have excellent technical skills and knowledge on both F5 products and the “eco-system” that we work in. 

The high-level objective is to achieve the allocated sales target and selling relevant F5 solutions and products to our customers business needs, in partnership with the Sales Account Managers’ team. 

From our customer(s) and Channel partner(s) perspective, the SE is a trusted advisor who proactively learns and understands their technical and business challenges and is able to propose effective solutions to mitigate their concerns/offer gainful solutions. The F5 SE not only presents the technical features but also business benefits in the Technical Value Proposition. 

What you’ll do: 

• Conduct detailed product presentations and demonstrations for both partner and end user clients, highlighting key features and benefits.
• Prepare technical proposals and configurations based on customer requirements and needs.
• Work closely with the sales team to understand customer needs and provide technical support during the sales process.
• Provide some basic troubleshooting assistance as needed to customers and escalate more complex issues to senior engineers.
• Stay updated on industry trends, competitor products, and new technologies to better support sales efforts.

 What you’ll bring: 

• Familiarity with Network infrastructure and High-availability architectures
• Understanding of Cloud/Virtualization technology and experience in public and private cloud environments.
• Understanding of Web Protocols and application architectures (HTTP/TLS/SSL), select programming languages (such as Python, JavaScript, Golang, etc.), and Kubernetes concepts and architectures.
• Familiarity with PKI concepts.
• Familiarity with building and presenting content for demo environments.
• Gains knowledge of business, standards, processes, and concepts.
• Familiarity/experience with F5 technology or similar industry solution deployment a plus. 
• Fluent verbal and writing skills in Dutch and English. 

What you’ll get: 

• The role will require customer/partner meetings for at least 50% of time, which could be remote/virtual or face to face meetings whenever possible. 
• This is a self-driven role, so career growth and development is available at every stage of your career. 
• This role reports to a Pre-Sales Manager, based in the Benelux, with flexibility to work remotely as well 
• Competitive pay, family friendly benefits, and cool perks
• Tuition assistance for professional development 
• Culture of giving back, strong diversity and inclusion interest groups 

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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

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].