Security Engineer II

F5 Networks, Inc; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc is seeking a Security Engineer II to design, implement, and maintain robust monitoring and auditing across the distributed cloud platform. You will partner with architects, security engineers, operations, and compliance to define what needs to be monitored, and you will tune alerts to optimize detection, response, and forensics capabilities.

As part of a global team, you will work with CI/CD pipelines to embed security controls, perform vulnerability scanning, and leverage

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required due to FedRAMP compliance obligations.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or related field.
• 3+ years hands-on security engineering, monitoring or related roles.
• Experience with logging, monitoring and SIEM/dashboarding tools listed in the job post.

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate, operate, and maintain security monitoring and auditing capabilities.
• Collaborate with architects, security teams, SREs, and stakeholders to define what to monitor.
• Tune alerts to balance coverage and noise reduction across the platform.
• Drive DevSecOps by embedding security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage AI-assisted security tooling to accelerate investigations.

Skills

Security engineering experience

Logging/Monitoring/SIEM

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP

Programming Python Shell Go

Kubernetes/OpenStack

MITRE ATT&CK/CKC familiarity

Security certifications (e.g., CISSP)

F5 product familiarity

FedRAMP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS GuardDuty

Sumo Logic

Grafana

CrowdStrike

DataDog

Splunk

Thycotic

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 Position

F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Security Engineer II to design, integrate, operate, and maintain robust security monitoring and auditing capabilities across our global platform. The F5 SDC platform delivers a scalable and secure way to deploy applications worldwide. In this role, you will develop and support monitoring and audit solutions that provide the visibility, detection, and alerting needed to protect the platform and enable effective incident response and forensics.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with software architects, security engineers, operations/SRE teams, compliance experts, and business stakeholders to understand system boundaries and define what needs to be monitored and audited.

• Identify, implement, and continuously refine metrics, logs, and alerts to improve operational visibility, incident detection, response effectiveness, availability, and forensic readiness across the platform.

• Integrate logging and monitoring pipelines with existing tools and platforms (e.g., SIEM, EDR, dashboards) and ensure data quality, coverage, and usability.

• Tune alerts and thresholds to reduce noise while maintaining strong coverage for security and operational events.

• Drive DevSecOps practices across the software development lifecycle by integrating security controls, automated compliance checks, vulnerability scanning, policy enforcement, secret management, and threat detection into CI/CD pipelines.

• Leverage Generative AI and AI-assisted security tooling to improve operational efficiency, accelerate investigations, automate repetitive tasks, enhance threat detection, and support security engineering workflows.

• Working on-call and weekend shifts might be needed as per business need.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship Required: Due to FedRAMP compliance obligations, this role requires the candidate to be a U.S. citizen.

• Be Kind

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, monitoring, or related cybersecurity roles.

• Practical experience with logging, monitoring, and SIEM/dashboarding tools such as AWS GuardDuty, Sumo Logic, Grafana, CrowdStrike, DataDog, Splunk, Thycotic, or similar.

• Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).

• Strong understanding of log handling and telemetry pipelines, including log collection, aggregation, integration with downstream systems, and alert configuration/tuning based on policies and thresholds.

• Hands-on experience with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, Shell,Go).

• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and/or the Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain is a plus.

• Solid understanding of the security and operational challenges in large-scale, distributed systems.

• Working knowledge of cloud orchestration and container platforms such as Kubernetes and/or OpenStack.

• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., Security+, GSEC, CISSP) are preferred.

• Familiarity with F5 products and services (e.g., BIG-IP, NGINX, WAF, DDoS, application security solutions) is a plus.

• Working experience in FedRAMP environment is a plus

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $104,700.00 - $157,100.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [e-mail].