Sr Solutions Engineer

F5 • Field-UT, NV

3d • $133,600 - $200,400

About The Position

The Solutions Engineer (SE) at F5 is a sales and technical role focused on the largest F5 customers in the U.S. The SE supports the sales team with technical expertise and provides customers with knowledge about F5 solutions. The role requires strong technical skills and familiarity with F5 products and their ecosystem; F5 provides training and certification.

The SE partners with the Sales Account Manager to achieve allocated sales targets by matching F5 products and solutions to customer business needs. As a trusted adviser, the SE learns and understands customers’ technical and business challenges and proposes solutions. The SE communicates technical features and business benefits in a Technical Value Proposition and serves as an expert on F5 Distributed Cloud solutions, secure cloud-native application and networking services, and Web Application and API security.

Requirements

• 5+ years of related industry experience.
• BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with F5 products, including BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, APM, SSLO, and ASM/AWAF), NGINX, and F5 SaaS (Distributed Cloud) services.
• Advanced knowledge of application delivery controllers (ADCs) and TCP/IP networking.
• Experience with F5 iRules and other customizations.
• Advanced F5 solution knowledge and ability to use those solutions to address customer challenges.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity or experience with F5 or similar industry solution deployment.
• Relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Articulate F5 product strategy, messaging, positioning, value proposition, and solutions in relation to customer business objectives.
• Provide technical expertise through sales presentations, solution designs, demonstrations, and proofs of concept, using in-person or virtual presentations, whiteboards, and other mediums.
• Determine opportunity viability and map organizational structure.
• Drive the sales process with the Account Manager by identifying the Technical Decision Maker and obtaining their technical validation, support, and sponsorship.
• Provide world-class customer service throughout the customer life cycle.
• Collaborate with internal technical and sales resources, share best practices and updates, and offer or seek expertise as needed.
• Serve as a technical expert and trusted adviser for F5 Distributed Cloud solutions, partnering with sales teams to design and deliver secure, cloud-native application and networking services.
• Provide expertise in Web Application and API security to help customers protect, manage, and scale their ecosystems.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Family-friendly benefits.
• Perks.
• Tuition assistance for professional development.
• Incentive compensation, bonus, and restricted stock units may be offered.
• Career growth and development opportunities at every career stage.
• Culture of giving back and diversity and inclusion interest groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior