Incident Response Engineer III - AI & Cloud Security

ffive; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 is seeking a Security Engineer III in Incident Response to bolster global incident management across cloud, product security, and customer environments. You will drive end-to-end response activities, coordinate multiple teams, and contribute to improving incident lifecycle metrics.

The role emphasizes hands-on incident handling, strong communication, and the ability to operate across regions, time zones, and complex environments in the Office of the CISO context.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with hands-on incident response.
• Experience supporting complex incidents across SaaS, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support incident response strategy, governance, playbooks, metrics, and reporting.
• Coordinate incident workstreams and maintain visibility through resolution.
• Build AI incident response capabilities and coordinate with AI teams.
• Collaborate with security, product, SRE, legal, and other stakeholders during readiness and response.
• Track KPIs and drive improvements in MTTR, observability, and response orchestration.

Skills

Incident response

Cybersecurity

Security operations

Communication

Tools

SIEM

Job description

F5 is seeking a Security Engineer III in Incident Response to bolster global incident management across cloud, product security, and customer environments. You will drive end-to-end response activities, coordinate multiple teams, and contribute to improving incident lifecycle metrics.

The role emphasizes hands-on incident handling, strong communication, and the ability to operate across regions, time zones, and complex environments in the Office of the CISO context.