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$297,600 – $446,400
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What this role is
This role leads the technical architecture and strategy for F5's application security portfolio across WAF, DDoS, API security, and identity solutions. It suits an experienced security architect ready to drive modernization of complex systems and mentor senior engineers while representing the company's vision to customers and industry forums.
Our summary, not F5’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- gRPC
- Istio
- Kubernetes
- Machine Learning
- OWASP
- Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- SSL/TLS
- Threat Modeling
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What they ask for
Required
- 20+ years in software and security architecture
- 10+ years in application-layer security
- Experience architecting WAAP, API security, DDoS, bot protection systems
- Deep knowledge of L7 protocols and OWASP/NIST/MITRE standards
- Understanding of TLS, certificate management, identity protocols
- Ability to set architectural strategy across product boundaries
- Experience with distributed cloud solutions at scale
- Knowledge of containers and orchestration
- Understanding of design patterns and architectural styles
Nice to have
- Familiarity with zero trust architectures
- Experience with policy-as-code
- Multi-tenant SaaS design experience
- Runtime enforcement in container platforms