Senior Network & Security Solutions Consultant

F5 Networks, Inc; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks, Inc. invites a highly skilled F5 Consultant to collaborate with clients, guiding them on the effective use of F5 BIG-IP products to achieve business objectives.

You will act as a trusted advisor on architecture, deployment, and optimization, delivering value through strong communication and delivery excellence. The role emphasizes onsite/remote guidance, project leadership, and ongoing professional development in F5 technologies.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience, with a focus on architecture and design of network or systems infrastructure; or 3 years experience and a Masters degree; or a Ph.D. without experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in customer-facing positions as a professional services consultant or engineer.
• Demonstrated understanding of technologies such as firewalling, application availability and security, web gateways, authentication/authorization, encryption, VPNs and network architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate and transfer complex ideas to a wide audience through both verbal and written communication.
• Self-motivated and adaptable to changing environments.
• Demonstrated strong written communication, presentation writing, and project scoping and technical documentation skills.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent network and security projects

Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance to customers onsite and/or remotely regarding the implementation, configuration and maintenance of the F5 BIG-IP core products independently or with a team.
• Performs as project lead and/or key contributor for problem identification, systems architecture definition, solution design, implementation, testing, client training, deployment, , troubleshooting and documentation
• Performs basic project management activities including interaction with company and client managers, cost/schedule monitoring, project status update reports, and expectation management for the delivery of work products and associated risks
• Manages customer interaction and engagement over the course of the assigned projects
• Maintains working proficiency in F5 products and technologies through self-directed and formal training
• Identifies additional product/services opportunities in customer organization
• Engages with multiple F5 teams including but not limited to F5 Support, F5 Product Sales, and F5 Professional Services Sales
• May have some financial responsibilities including project cost estimating, generating proposals, and invoicing
• May participate in sales and proposal presentations in addition to completing ongoing team account activities
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies

Skills

Customer-facing experience

Project management

Communication skills

Networking knowledge

Security technologies knowledge

Education

BS/BA degree or equivalent

Tools

F5 ADC

Firewalls

WAFs

IDS/IPS

OpenSSL

DNSSEC

SSL/TLS

Job description

F5 Networks, Inc. invites a highly skilled F5 Consultant to collaborate with clients, guiding them on the effective use of F5 BIG-IP products to achieve business objectives.

You will act as a trusted advisor on architecture, deployment, and optimization, delivering value through strong communication and delivery excellence. The role emphasizes onsite/remote guidance, project leadership, and ongoing professional development in F5 technologies.