Site Reliability Engineer

F5, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Incentive compensation

Job summary

F5, Inc. is seeking a Technical Support Engineer in a hybrid role that blends hands-on SaaS support with Site Reliability Engineering practices.

You will monitor SaaS performance, respond to incidents, collaborate with development teams, and help automate to scale AI inference workloads. The ideal candidate has 1–3+ years in technical support or systems administration, strong AWS knowledge, Python scripting, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1–3+ years in technical support, systems administration, or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of SaaS environments and cloud-based architectures (AWS).
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python).
• Solid understanding of web technologies (HTTP, REST APIs, JSON).
• Experience working with ticketing systems.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving requirements.

Responsibilities

• Proactive Monitoring & Uptime Assurance: Monitor SaaS metrics, logs, and alerts; support 24/7 operations.
• Customer-Centric Incident Response: Primary contact for technical inquiries; troubleshoot and communicate clearly.
• Development Team Collaboration: Provide actionable insights from metrics to engineering; identify automation opportunities.
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Development: Design automation to streamline incident response and improve reliability; mature SRE practices.

Skills

Python

SaaS architecture

AWS

Problem solving

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Willingness to learn

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT or equivalent

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Linux

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.

The Role

This hybrid role combines the hands-on responsibilities of a Technical Support Engineer within a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment with a growing focus on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation, thrives in a fast-paced troubleshooting environment, and is passionate about automation and delivering an exceptional customer experience. This role provides the opportunity to run, support, and scale an AI Security Public SaaS platform, operating AI inference workloads at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Proactive Monitoring & Uptime Assurance

• - Monitor key SaaS application metrics, logs, and alerts to proactively identify and prevent service disruptions
• - Support a 24/7 operational model to ensure high availability and performance of the SaaS environment

Customer-Centric Incident Response

• - Serve as a primary point of contact for technical customer inquiries and issues
• - Partner with customers to understand requirements, troubleshoot effectively, and provide clear, concise communication
• - Triage, elevate, and own technical incidents through resolution

Development Team Collaboration

• - Analyze metrics, logs, and incident reports to provide actionable insights to engineering teams
• - Identify recurring patterns and opportunities for automation and continuous improvement
• - Partner cross-functionally to improve platform reliability and performance

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Development

• - Design and implement automation to streamline incident response and improve system reliability
• - Introduce and mature SRE best practices, including enhanced monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities
• - Contribute to building scalable, resilient infrastructure to support AI inference workloads

Required Qualifications

• - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• - 1–3+ years of experience in technical support, systems administration, or a similar role
• - Strong understanding of SaaS environments and cloud-based architectures (preferably AWS)
• - Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python)
• - Solid understanding of web technologies (HTTP, REST APIs, JSON, etc.)
• - Experience working with ticketing systems
• - Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• - Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• - Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• - Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• - Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform)
• - Experience working with cloud infrastructure technologies
• - Exposure to SRE principles and reliability engineering practices
• - Strong understanding of networking fundamentals
• - Experience with databases (PostgreSQL), operating systems (Linux), and Kubernetes

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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: $137,300.00 - $205,900.00

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] .