Solution Architect EMEA

F5; Dubai; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 is seeking a Solutions Architect to drive technical leadership in sales across the EMEA region. The ideal candidate will leverage their extensive experience in application delivery and security solutions, while mentoring teams and collaborating with various internal stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction. Expect a role that fosters growth and offers competitive compensation within an inclusive culture dedicated to innovation.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Family-friendly benefits

Tuition assistance

Career growth opportunities

Diversity and inclusion culture

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience required.
• Advanced knowledge of ADC, DNS in various architectures.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural guidance and technical expertise within the F5 portfolio.
• Collaborate with sales teams to identify customer needs.
• Mentor and educate solution engineering teams.

Skills

Application delivery

Automation principles

Networking

Micro-services

Cloud-native ADC

API security

Public speaking

Architectural problem-solving

Business mindset

Self-learner

Education

BS/BA or equivalent work experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Git

Job description

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.

About the Company :

F5 technologies are at the heart of modern applications that are enabling digital transformation across the globe. We give the world’s largest businesses, service providers, governments, and consumer brands the ability to securely deliver every app, anywhere—with confidence. We do this by working collaboratively in an innovative environment, helping each other succeed. We take great pride in being trusted advisers to our customers, offering the best solutions for their interests. If our mission and culture excite you, we would love to talk to you!

About our job descriptions :

When applying for any of the roles in F5, please note, our ideal candidate is not necessarily someone who meets all the posted requirements. In fact, this is just a representative of how we know the job has been done in the past. We would love to talk to you even if you don’t check all the boxes here, but believe you bring your own unique capabilities that can be utilized to ensure the success of the role and the organization.

The Solutions Architect Job Overview :

The Solutions Architect (SA) position is a technical leadership role supporting a Sales region. Architects are typically assigned a technology area to focus on such as ADC Infrastructure, Modern Apps, Security, Service Provider. This role is primarily focused on ADC infrastructure and modern apps (including AI architectures) with a focus on automation. The ideal candidate has a solid ADC and modern apps background with an understanding of how application security solutions are integrated and automated into these architectures.

The SA’s primary function is to work collaboratively with Sales teams, identifying appropriate F5 solutions to address customers’ business needs. They provide technical expertise and business understanding across specific or multiple industries. They champion our customers’ requirements and ensure they are understood across other teams within F5 such as Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and Product Development.

The SA also shares knowledge and educates the solution engineering team internally and externally via whitepapers, trainings, demos, blogs, tech-tips, presentations, etc.

To be effective, an SA needs to blend strong business acumen with excellent technical skills and knowledge of both F5 products and the ecosystem we work in. He/she needs to be an authority in his/her field of expertise and act as a trusted advisor to our customers.

What you’ll do?

• Work on strategic opportunities within the assigned region/area of specialization and provide architectural guidance and technical expertise for the entire F5 portfolio. The goal is to listen carefully to the customer’s requirements and then position the best possible solution within the F5 portfolio addressing those requirements.
• Play the role of an evangelist and thought leader in the area of technical specialization.
• Collaborate with other solution architects and internal business leaders to share ideas, identify common customer pain points and trends, and identify appropriate F5 solutions.
• Work closely with our internal product management and service teams, providing technical and business understanding for product launches and updates that would be beneficial for our customers.
• Provide mentorship as needed to the Solution Engineering community in the organization and ensure they are enabled and equipped to position our solutions correctly.

How you’ll do it :

• Playing the role of an evangelist, thought leader, and mentor in the field of security.
• Act as a liaison between Sales and Marketing, Product Management, and Product Development.
• Work with strategic business opportunities across the EMEA region.

What you’ll bring :

• Advanced knowledge of application delivery (ADC, DNS) in hardware, software, and SaaS-based architectures.
• Experience with automation principles and tools (Ansible, Terraform, Git, Cloud templates, declarative API, DevOps methodologies, infrastructure-as-code, security-as-code, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of app delivery and networking in the most popular private and public cloud platforms.
• Solid knowledge of micro-services, containers, and Kubernetes platforms.
• Solid knowledge of cloud-native ADC, Kubernetes ingress, and Gateway API concepts (experience with NGINX is a bonus).
• Solid knowledge of API gateways (experience with NGINX is a bonus).
• Knowledge of security solutions with a specific focus on application security is highly desired (web application firewall, DDoS, bot mitigation, API security, identity & access management, anti-fraud, client-side security, LLM security).
• Deep knowledge of F5 Solutions.
• Public speaking skills (events, conferences).
• Experience with publishing whitepapers, solution articles, blogs, tech-tips, etc.
• Extensive experience making product demonstrations, value propositions, and technical presentations to technical and business leads.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
• Ability to adapt your message to your audience.
• Architectural problem-solving skills.
• Self-learner and curious about new technologies.
• Strong business mindset – translating technical features into business values.
• 8+ years of industry experience.
• BS/BA or equivalent work experience.

What you’ll get :

• This role is based out of Dubai, UAE, or Riyadh, KSA, with flexibility to work from home.
• While we encourage remote/virtual meetings, the role may require travel up to 30% of the time.
• This is a self-driven role, with career growth and development opportunities at every stage.
• The position reports to the Director of Solution Architects EMEA.
• Competitive pay, family-friendly benefits, and perks.
• Tuition assistance for professional development.
• Culture of giving back, strong diversity, and inclusion groups.

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The Job Description is a general representation of responsibilities and requirements. It may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.