Senior Solutions Engineer: Cloud Security & AI Architect

F5 Networks Australia; Field (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Networks is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to act as a trusted technical architect and advisor to Fortune 500 enterprises and fast-growing digital innovators. You will design, champion, and sell modern application delivery and security solutions across multi-cloud, hybrid, and edge environments in close partnership with North America account teams.

You bring 8+ years in pre-sales or solutions architecture, strong BIG-IP knowledge, and security expertise.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in pre-sales engineering or equivalent customer-aligned solutions architecture role.
• Hands-on BIG-IP knowledge.
• Security-focused with WAF, DNS, and L4–L7 awareness.
• Cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes familiarity; CKA a plus.
• AI security with guardrails is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and present architectural blueprints for enterprise customers.
• Guide modernization journeys bridging data-center to cloud.
• Lead discovery, validation, and demos for WAAP, DDoS, and Zero Trust.
• Advise on AI gateway architectures and traffic management.
• Demonstrate IaC workflows with Terraform/Ansible and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to shape roadmaps.

Skills

Pre-Sales experience

Technical consulting

BIG-IP knowledge

Security expertise

Kubernetes basics

Cloud-native

Automation scripting

Terraform/Ansible

Tools

BIG-IP

Terraform

Ansible

NGINX

Kubernetes

Job description

F5 Networks is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to act as a trusted technical architect and advisor to Fortune 500 enterprises and fast-growing digital innovators. You will design, champion, and sell modern application delivery and security solutions across multi-cloud, hybrid, and edge environments in close partnership with North America account teams.

You bring 8+ years in pre-sales or solutions architecture, strong BIG-IP knowledge, and security expertise.