Principal Network Engineer

2 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States F5 Full time
Welcome to F5

At F5, our mission is to contribute to enhancing the digital world. We work with organizations worldwide to develop, safeguard, and operate applications that elevate our ever-evolving digital experience. We are deeply committed to cybersecurity, whether it's protecting individuals from fraud or empowering businesses to innovate.

Our focus is always on people. This means we are dedicated to improving the lives of our customers and their customers. Moreover, we prioritize fostering a diverse F5 community where every individual can excel.

We are looking for a Principal Network Engineer to join our exceptional team

In this role, you will play a key part in the Edge 2.0 revolution. You will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and expanding our high-performance network backbone.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Design, build and maintain F5 Distributed Cloud network infrastructure
  • Build and manage network infrastructure with SRE objectives in mind
  • Monitor production environment availability and address any issues promptly
  • Identify and address security vulnerabilities in the network operating system
  • Conduct R&D to test new designs/features for the network backbone
  • Participate in on-call rotation
  • Enhance and maintain the network automation pipeline
  • Automate workflows (optional)
  • Create project documentation and KB articles
  • Write code in various languages focusing on performance and scalability
  • Develop processes and tools to ensure the F5 Distributed Cloud Network is highly available and scalable

What You Bring:

  • 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Strong knowledge of backbone networking (BGP, OSPF, L3VPN)
  • Experience in data center networking
  • Proficiency with Juniper Network routing devices
  • Hands-on experience with Automation tools like Ansible and Jinja
  • Familiarity with debugging tools such as tcpdump and PCAP reading
  • Experience with telemetry environments like netflow
  • Prior exposure to large-scale network setups
  • Experience with DDoS Mitigation solutions is a plus
  • Understanding of advanced telemetry protocols like OpenConfig, gRPC is advantageous
  • Solid experience with QoS
  • Ability to script in Shell, Python, Golang for task automation
  • Comfort with DevOps tools

Please note that this job description is a general overview of the role's responsibilities and requirements. These are subject to change and may not cover every aspect of the position.

F5 offers a competitive annual salary range for this position, reflecting various factors such as skills, experience, and market conditions.

You may also receive additional incentives, bonuses, restricted stock units, and benefits as part of your compensation package. For more details on benefits, please refer to our official documentation.

At F5, we communicate with candidates using F5 email addresses or automated notifications

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our commitment at F5 is to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, or any other protected classification under local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment.



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