F5 · 14 hours ago
Partner Technical Advisor
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$159K/yr - $238K/yr
5+ years expF5 is committed to creating a better digital world and empowering organizations to enhance their digital experiences. The Partner Technical Advisor role involves providing pre-sales technical solutions alignment and enablement to channel partners, focusing on accelerating product adoption and ensuring successful customer outcomes.
Consumer ElectronicsSaaSSecurityVirtualization
Responsibilities
Establish and maintain trusted advisor relationships with key channel partners
Develop and manage technical enablement plans for aligned channel partners
Articulate the F5 sales strategy, messaging, and positioning F5 value proposition for customer business objectives
Provide solution design ideas aligned with customers' desired business outcomes
Articulate technical and business value of F5 Solutions against competitors
Participate in the development and support of content, e.g. presentations, use cases, etc. for customers and partners
Train channel partner Sales and SEs to identify and qualify opportunities
Coordinate channel partner training activities with F5 Sales teams
Participate and deliver channel partner workshops and other demand generation activities
Support F5 channel partner sales initiatives
Provide channel partners consistent training on F5 solutions and competitive differentiation
Provide channel partners technical expertise and oversight as required
Proactively provide consultative support
Work in collaboration with Channel and Sales management to establish channel partners and to qualify partner’s ability to sell F5 solutions
Develop and maintain a high level of technical knowledge of F5 product set, the relevant industry, and sales aptitude
Travel up to 50%
Support F5 channel partner sales initiatives
Provide channel partners consistent training on F5 solutions and competitive differentiation
Provide channel partners technical expertise and oversight as required
Proactively provide consultative support
Work in collaboration with Channel and Sales management to establish channel partners and to qualify partner’s ability to sell F5 solutions
Understand F5 critical issue process
Align channel partner with the F5 Sales and Technical Support to resolve customer issues
Qualification
Required
Experience working with network, security and/or web technologies
5+ years related industry experience
Significant experience and a number of years pre-sales expertise
Ability to develop DevOps/DevSecOps mentorship including training material, standard methodologies, reusable code, etc
Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub/GitLab, Artifactory, SonarQube, Docker, etc
Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, VMWare, OpenStack
Experience with container orchestrators such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker Swarm
Knowledge of application development languages like Python, Java, JavaScript
BS/BA or equivalent work experience
Advanced written and oral communication skills
Advanced presentation skills
Effective written and oral communication skills
Preferred
3+ years Pre-sales experience preferred
Knowledge of OWASP principles (preferred, but not required)
Understanding of application security vulnerabilities, threats and controls, and web application firewall (preferred, but not required)
In-depth industry knowledge and understanding of F5 technologies, solutions and product offerings strongly preferred
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
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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
Mohan Veloo
Chief Technology Officer - Asia Pacific, China & Japan
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