Director, Global Platform & Infra Engineering

F5 Networks, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc. is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead platform modernization across multi-cloud and on-prem environments. You will serve as Hyderabad site leader, shaping culture, coordinating global teams, and driving incident management with cross-functional partners.

You will mentor engineers, define KPIs, advance automation, and promote data-driven decisions while aligning regional efforts with global roadmaps and AI use cases.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in technology infrastructure, systems engineering, cloud architecture, or platform operations, with at least 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles (Director or Senior Manager).
• At least 2 years of experience functioning as a Site Lead or senior leader helping support multiple teams and coordinating with US based leadership.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing senior executives, cross-functional leaders, and engineers alike without requiring direct line authority.
• Proven track record overseeing large-scale cloud environments and physical data centers in complex enterprise environments.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies and driving team cultures through iterative improvement and technical excellence.
• Expertise in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), cloud-native operations, and hybrid networking.
• Deep understanding of developer platforms, including source control (GitHub, GitLab, Perforce, ADO), artifact repositories, CI/CD frameworks, and observability stacks.
• Strong grasp of DevOps principles, ITIL, platform engineering, and infrastructure automation practices.
• Strong foundational expertise in both Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) and Windows Server operating systems, as well as core networking protocols, firewall concepts, and load-balancing principles.
• Demonstrable poise when managing high-severity operational outages, security vulnerabilities, or regional business continuity challenges.
• Experience automating away toil, running blameless post-mortems, and shifting from reactive firefighting to proactive observability and self-healing infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership and Platform Modernization: design and troubleshoot across network, systems, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), and on-premise environments; lead modernization initiatives; promote automation and reliable provisioning and patching.
• Regional Escalation Authority: act as Hyderabad site leader, foster inclusive culture, mentor India-based teams, coordinate cross-functional escalation and incident management.
• Strategic Leadership and Talent Management: develop teams, align global roadmaps, define KPIs, drive AI adoption, and promote data-driven decision making.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Platform engineering

Automation

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

DevOps

Linux

Windows Server

Networking

SRE

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Perforce

ADO

ServiceNow

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Jira

Job description

F5 Networks, Inc. is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead platform modernization across multi-cloud and on-prem environments. You will serve as Hyderabad site leader, shaping culture, coordinating global teams, and driving incident management with cross-functional partners.

You will mentor engineers, define KPIs, advance automation, and promote data-driven decisions while aligning regional efforts with global roadmaps and AI use cases.