F5 · 1 day ago
Sr. Solutions Engineer
Hurlburt Field, FL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $216K/yr
8+ years expF5 is committed to creating a better digital world by empowering organizations to create, secure, and run applications. The Sr. Solutions Engineer role involves providing pre-sales technical support, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring customer satisfaction through technical expertise and solution design.
Consumer ElectronicsSaaSSecurityVirtualization
Responsibilities
Act as a trusted advisor providing technical expertise through Sales presentations, Solution designs, Solution demonstrations, and Proof of Concepts
Provide solution designs, and systems engineering configurations
Develop and Maintain a high level of technical knowledge of F5 product set, the relevant industry, and Sales aptitude
Design differentiating solutions and articulate technical and business value of F5 Solutions against competitors
Design technical solutions that can solve customer business problems or create a new service offering
Participate in the development and support of content (presentations, WP’s, use cases…) for customers and partners
Participate in the writing and response to Government RFP across multiple agencies
Maintain knowledge of competitive landscape and share with peer group
Champion a collaborative, team-based environment, sharing standard methodologies and success and building lasting relationships
Effectively negotiate and pursue conflict resolution
Own or assist on Change Request (CR) and Customer Special Request (CSR) cases on behalf of customer
Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies
Perform other related duties as assigned
Can articulate the F5 Sales Strategy, Messaging, and positioning F5 value proposition for customer business objectives
Develop and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customer technology staff and management
Consistently provide elite customer service during pre-sales and post-sales activities
Can deliver sales pitch/whiteboards at CxO level through to detailed technical staff
Actively use Salesforce.com for each opportunity and named account
Partner with sales team to develop and manage Technical Account Plan and/or Territory Account Plans
Understand and effectively utilize F5 organizational resources
Actively utilize SE tools: CSR, Idea, HighSpot, Mainstreet, and others
Identify and qualify technical opportunities
Influence Sales strategy
Determine viability of opportunity and map out account political structure
Understand and follow critical issue process
Partner with the F5 Technical Support and customers/partners to resolve issues
Qualification
Required
8+ years related industry experience in a dynamic high-tech environment with a BA/BS or equivalent work experience
5+ year pre-sales experience
System administrator skills with UNIX, Microsoft or application knowledge
Solid grasp of LAN and WAN networking protocols and technologies, including switching, routing, and security (e.g., Layer 4-7, firewall, DDoS, etc)
Industry trends and cycles
Excellent written and oral interpersonal skills
Excellent presentation skills
Preferred
Industry and F5 Networks-targeted technologies i.e. Application Delivery Control, Application Access Control, SSL intercept/inspection, and Web Application Firewall Security
Good understanding of LTM, DNS, AWAF, AFM and DDoS
Application development experience with any of the following:
Open source and public cloud technologies (Github, Ansible, AWS CFTs, Azure ARM templates, GCP, etc.)
Modern development methodologies (Agile, CI/CD)
Static and dynamic code analysis security technologies
Applications written or refactored for containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Various scripting and programming languages and operating systems (tcl, Python, Assembly, C, Javascript, Node.js, Linux OS, etc.)
Benefits
Incentive compensation
Bonus
Restricted stock units
Benefits
Company
F5 is a multi-cloud application services and security company that specializes in application security, performance, and delivery.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
F5 has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (155)
2024 (110)
2023 (211)
2022 (194)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2020-11-08Post Ipo Equity
1999-06-04IPO
1998-09-24Series Unknown
Leadership Team
François Locoh-Donou
President and CEO
Kunal Anand
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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