Communicate F5's strategy and value aligned to customer business outcomes
Deliver technical sales activities including presentations, solution design, demos, and POCs
Qualify opportunities and map customer organizational and technical stakeholders
Partner with account teams to drive deals by engaging technical decision-makers
Act as a trusted advisor to validate requirements and guide solution adoption
Provide consistent, high-quality customer engagement across the lifecycle
Collaborate across teams to share expertise and support strategic opportunities
Lead design and positioning of F5 Distributed Cloud solutions for secure, cloud-native architectures
Advise on API security strategies to protect and scale customer environments
How you'll do it:
Experience in F5 Products, including BIG-IP, NGINX, and Distributed Cloud Services
Advanced knowledge of application delivery controllers and TCP/IP networking
Knowledge in application authentication methods, such as SAML, OAUTH, OIDC, JWT
Knowledge in modern applications delivery methods with microservices
Experience in advanced security and infrastructure operations. Understanding challenges in production environments, and how to solve them.
Requirements
5+ years of related industry experience
BS/BA or equivalent work experience
Familiarity/experience with F5 or similar industry solution deployment is a plus
Experience and backgrounds in security, network, and/or infrastructure engineering
Strong interpersonal and presentation skills required
Ability to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
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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 base pay for this position is: $144,000.00 - $216,000.00
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
Benefits
Remote work optionsEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus
Additional Information
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 Senior Solutions Engineer (SE) within the State, Local Government, and Higher Education (SLED) vertical at F5 plays a critical role at the intersection of sales and technology. This position partners closely with customers supporting essential public services, where application availability and security are mission-critical.
As a trusted technical advisor, the SE supports the sales organization by translating F5's portfolio into scalable, secure solutions aligned to complex customer architectures. This role requires strong technical depth, strategic thinking, and the ability to clearly articulate solutions both conceptually and visually to technical and executive audiences.
Core focus areas include application delivery, data and network security, and ensuring high availability across modern, distributed environments.
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