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Role Summary
The Senior Technical Program Manager – Infrastructure owns the end-to-end lifecycle of global Points of Presence (PoPs), public cloud substrates for a mission-critical SaaS platform. This role is accountable for planning, execution, operational readiness, and decommissioning of PoPs, public cloud substrates across regions, while ensuring availability, security, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
You will serve as the single-threaded owner for cross-functional infrastructure programs spanning network engineering, SRE, cloud platform, security, compliance, finance, procurement, and operations. The role requires deep technical fluency, strong execution rigor, and the ability to operate in high availability (99.99%+), regulated SaaS environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional, complex infrastructure programs across global data centers, network backbone, and edge locations.
- Own end-to-end delivery of data center, PoP, public cloud substrates infrastructure programs, including capacity planning, network readiness, and production rollout.
- Drive program execution across build, operate, and lifecycle optimization phases.
- Coordinate engineering, operations, procurement, real estate, security, and compliance teams.
- Manage interdependencies across hardware, network, software, and site operations.
- Develop and maintain program plans, schedules, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to availability, security, compliance, and cost.
- Provide executive-level reporting on program health, milestones, and dependencies
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Infrastructure Program Management, or Engineering Operations.
- Proven experience managing large-scale infrastructure programs (data centers, PoPs, edge, network-heavy platforms).
- Strong technical understanding of:
- Networking (BGP, peering, load balancing)
- Compute, storage, and platform infrastructure
- High-availability and disaster recovery architectures
- Experience operating in high-availability SaaS environments (99.99%+).
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, multi-region programs with high ambiguity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with global PoP expansion and decommissioning at scale.
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks impacting infrastructure.
- Background working closely with SRE, Network Engineering, and Security teams.
- Strong financial acumen related to infrastructure cost modeling.
- Experience in cloud + colo hybrid environments.
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 base pay for this position is: $157,600.00 - $236,400.00F5 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 [email protected].
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Infrastructure Program Management, or Engineering Operations
- Proven experience managing large-scale infrastructure programs
- Strong technical understanding of Networking, Compute, storage, and platform infrastructure
- Experience operating in high-availability SaaS environments
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, multi-region programs with high ambiguity
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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