Senior Devops Engineer

Overview

Senior DevOps Tech Lead owning the design, scalability and evolution of DevOps and platform infrastructure for F5's WAAP security development group, across SaaS and on-prem environments.

What you'll do

• Lead the design and evolution of CI/CD pipelines and platform infrastructure across multiple environments as part of F5 SaaS and on-prem solutions.
• Ensure DevOps infrastructure and production environments are highly available, reliable, scalable, and performant.
• Drive and lead cross-team DevOps initiatives involving internal teams and external SaaS partners.
• Define and promote best practices around system reliability, deployment processes, and operational standards.
• Collaborate with software engineers, SREs, architects, and external teams to deliver robust production solutions across security and data-driven systems.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives and driving architecture or system-level decisions.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals across multiple layers and protocols.
• Proven experience with Linux environments and Kubernetes, including workload deployment and lifecycle management.
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in at least one language (Python, Golang).
• Proven track record of owning production systems and CI/CD pipelines in large-scale distributed environments.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to lead technical initiatives end-to-end.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Ability to drive alignment and influence technical decisions across teams, including external partners.
• Deep understanding of production environments, reliability, and scalability challenges.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, multi-environment (SaaS and on-prem) systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on building robust and maintainable systems.

Nice to have

• Building or supporting AI/ML or data pipelines (e.g., Databricks or similar platforms).
• Experience operating complex, large-scale production environments.
• Proven track record of leading initiatives in large-scale environments.
• Familiarity with F5 products, especially F5 Distributed Cloud (SaaS), BIG-IP and NGINX.