Software Development Engineer II

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Job Description for Software Development Engineer II

Position Summary:
 

The Software Development Engineer II (SE II) is responsible for the implementation and testing of customer specific scenarios/use-cases of our F5 AI, BIG-IP, Nginx and F5 Distributed Cloud products, with a focus on F5 App Delivery and Security. This includes creating test scenarios and automating them across F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) key categories such as AI solutions (e.g., F5 AI Guardrails, F5 AI Gateway, AI Red Teaming, LLM Model Security and Observability), app delivery (e.g., BIG-IP traffic management), security (e.g., NGINX WAF), and automation (e.g., F5 XC orchestration). The work includes creating and publishing technical content, demos for customers for internal sales consumption. SE IIs are assigned multiple feature areas and will regularly work with team members in geographically dispersed locations. They will also collaborates with internal personnel in areas of expertise. SEs exhibit strong competence utilizing various troubleshooting tools, facilities and equipment in the course of debugging issues found during work. SEs build relationships with team members and accept ownership of features.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Works both independently and with senior engineers to understand product requirements, customer specific scenarios, architecture and new feature designs, incorporating F5 AI products like AI Guardrails, BIG-IP, NGINX and Distributed Cloud.
• Publishing and creating technical content and demos for internal teams and customers, highlighting App Delivery and Security alongside traditional app delivery.
• Implements automated tests and infrastructure that provide feature coverage across ADSP categories including AI security, App Delivery and Security.
• Develop automated test systems to replicate real world scenarios that can be plugged into a continuous integration environment, testing F5 products and solutions
• Participates actively in code review process; posting scripts, incorporating feedback along with reviewing automation submitted by other team members.
• Analyze and evaluate test results, report and assist in resolution of product issues.
• Proactively and effectively communicates status, plan-of-action, and resolution of issues.
• Works affectively to deliver on planned and committed schedules.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong programming skills in Python for automation, tooling, validation, and security research.
• Good knowledge in security and networking.
• Knowledge of containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Good Knowledge on any one cloud technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP) is an added advantage.
• Knowledge on OWASP API Security, LLM is an added advantage.
• Should be proficient in L2/L3 network protocol testing.
• Experience with Github or other source control management tools preferred.
• CI/CD and Agile software development experience.
• Strong organizational skills, analytical skills, attention to detail and excellent problem solving/troubleshooting skills.
• Strong experience in networking and working knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP required.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in the testing and/or development of computer software, preferably in the Linux environment.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams preferred.
• BA/BS degree in computer/engineering related field or equivalent work experience.

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.

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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 accommodations@f5.com.