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. 

JOB SUMMARY: Senior Director of Security Engineering will define and oversee the strategic vision for the enterprise security engineering program, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company's services, systems, and data. Key responsibilities include strategic planning, enhancing operational efficiency, providing technical leadership, overseeing team management and development, and facilitating effective communication. The Senior Director of Security Engineering will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and Operations teams to secure, enable, and scale the company's corporate systems and network, enterprise applications, and data. This is a high-level management position that plays a critical role in shaping the company's security posture and future growth. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Define and implement the strategic vision and objectives for the engineering department in alignment with the organization's overall strategy. 
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performance engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical innovation, and continuous improvement. 
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams such as Product Management, Technology, and other key business departments, ensuring alignment on project objectives and seamless execution align to the SecureF5 mission. 
• Provide technical leadership in software development, vulnerability management, automation and engineering practices. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and methodologies. 
• Lead the design and implementation of a secure infrastructure at scale. Champion the adoption of best-in-class security practices across all engineering functions. 
• Direct initiatives to build and/or implement tool solutions that enhance the organization's security posture. Ensure these tools are integrated effectively into existing systems and processes. 
• Provide day-to-day leadership to technical, operational, professional, and administrative personnel engaged in engineering and information security activities. Encourage a culture of security, innovation, collaboration, and high performance. 
• Offer strategic advice and recommendations in the development, implementation, and evaluation of new products and services.  
• Develop and manage the departmental budget effectively, aligning resource allocation with strategic priorities. 
• Provide strategic advice and recommendations in the development, implementation, and evaluation of new products and services. 
• Design and drive implementation of secure infrastructure at scale 
• Lead work program to build and/or implement tools that aid in enhancing the security posture of F5's infrastructure and services. 
• Employee management including but not limited to sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates for open positions, onboarding, establishing goals, assigning or delegating work, providing on-the-job training, giving guidance to staff, conducting performance evaluations, approving paid time-off (PTO), developing performance improvement plans, and taking disciplinary action. 
• Management of security technologies to support F5 security posture and adherence to information security requirements 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:  

• Advanced knowledge in software engineering, architecture principles, coding, debugging, and testing techniques. 
• Advanced experience leading and scaling an engineering team. Strong people management and team-building skills. 
• Proven ability to develop and execute a strategic vision for the engineering department. 
• Strong working experience with administration of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, or equivalent public cloud infrastructure. 
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. 
• Strong working knowledge of modern software engineering practices such as Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, microservices, and cloud computing. 
• Strong ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including CISO, other directors, and external vendors. 
• Passionate about security, in both personal and business contexts, and excels at highly detail-oriented projects and managing a team. 
• Strong knowledge of technologies including network, server, desktop, storage, and how security relates to the overall cloud environment. 
• Proven ability to execute programmatic objectives on time and within budget. 
• Demonstrated ability in mentoring and developing direct reports. 
• Ability to provide technical guidance and leadership to professional personnel on matters concerning information security 
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in a diverse community. 
• Advanced analytical, evaluative, and objective critical thinking skills. 
• Strong experience with tools such as SCA, SAST, DAST, and DevOps tooling 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 10+ years of relevant security experience 
• 7+ years leading or managing a technical security team 
• Advanced industry certification in relevant field (e.g., CISM, CISSP, CISA). 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table. Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material. 
• Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends).