Sr. Engineering Manager, Distributed Cloud

F5•San Jose, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Life at F5 is never dull. We are constantly identifying industry trends and disruptions, then innovating to get ahead of future customer needs-creating application services that help the world’s leading organizations deliver their critical business apps faster and with the highest levels of flexibility, security, performance, and quality. But our success isn’t driven solely by what we do. We also care deeply about how we do it. At F5, our culture is how we live, every single day. And it’s producing extraordinary results-not only for our customers, but also for our employees. We understand that your life is about more than just work, so we are committed to a culture that supports your whole life. This position is for an engineering manager in the Engineering Shared Infrastructure Services (ESSI) team. The ESSI team is a critical team that is not just responsible for the cloud and data center infrastructure supporting our internal Engineering Labs around the world. We are looking for a thought leader and people manager experienced in Cloud infrastructure, Data Center Infrastructure, DevOps and SRE practices to help lead the way as we seek to reinforce and build on a culture of continuous improvement and increasing collaboration and efficiency. This role will empower engineers, recruit, hire and mentor their directs while also acting as a coach/guide, provide feedback to help their group of engineers grow, and expand their professional development. The position will need to outline expectations, support your directs in their scrum teams, offer support and assistance where necessary for them to succeed in their job. 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.

Requirements

Change management
In-depth knowledge of on-prem and public cloud technology
Knowledge on Arista EOS, Juniper JunOS, Cisco IOS/NX-OS, Dell Networking OS
Deep understanding of L2/L3 networking, routing protocols, and high availability systems
Experience with virtualization platforms
Network connectivity: OpenStack, VMware, Hyper-V, KVM
Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and systems engineering
Scripting and automation knowledge (Python, Bash, Perl)
Experience with storage technologies
Network Configurations
Knowledge and proficiency in software engineering methodologies
In-depth knowledge of on-prem data center infrastructure environments
Engineering and application delivery expertise
Demonstrated ability to guide and coach engineers
Demonstrated ability in mentoring and developing direct reports
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Demonstrated excellence in written communications
Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or other technical degree
13+ years software infrastructure management experience
5+ years leading or managing a team

Nice To Haves

Exposure to cloud platforms Networking (AWS, Azure) will be add-ons
Knowledge of Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a plus

Responsibilities

Act as an advisor and coach to directs on their work and team dynamics
Performance manage directs to enable engineers to operate at their highest potential
Sourcing, interviewing and hiring candidates for open positions, onboarding, guidance to staff, conducting performance evaluations, developing performance improvement plans, and taking corrective action as needed
Align engineers to the corporate and oraganization’s strategy
Recommend changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s)
Evaluates and reviews new technologies on their applicability to product architecture and design
Presenting, evangelizing and communicating with partner teams and stakeholders
Getting feedback and establishing a continuous improvement process
Collaborate with partner teams
Coordinate between team members in the US and Hyderabad
Represent the Engineering Lab Infrastructure Services (ELIS) team in Hyderabad
Model F5 Behaviors
Performs other related duties as assigned