Technical Program Manager - Secure Development

F5 Networks • San Jose, CA

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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. Job Title: Technical Program Manager III - Secure Build Environment Development Job Description: We are seeking a Technical Program Manager III (TPM) to lead the development of a new build environment with a strong focus on security. This is a critical role requiring someone who possesses exceptional program management capabilities, technical expertise, and experience collaborating across multiple teams and departments. The ideal candidate will have experience working with modern build systems, repositories, and CI/CD environments, as well as expertise in security practices, ensuring robustness against vulnerabilities and threats.

Requirements

• Proven experience in delivering complex cross-team programs with multiple dependencies.
• Strong organizational and coordination skills, including experience managing schedules, roadmaps, and reporting mechanisms.
• Solid knowledge of build/release tools, repositories, pipeline management, and CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with systems like GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Hands-on experience managing artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory, Nexus).
• Understanding of security practices within build environments, such as vulnerability scans, dependency management, and zero-day mitigations.
• Knowledge of security tools (e.g., Snyk, SonarQube, Prisma).
• Familiarity with CVEs and secure coding principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and drive consensus across teams.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working on secure build environments or DevSecOps-related programs.
• Certification in program management methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile).
• Familiarity with compliance standards like ISO 27001/27002, SOC Type 2, or OWASP Secure Coding Practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end ownership and delivery of a secure build environment program.
• Coordinate efforts across multiple teams, including engineering, security, DevOps, and product management, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment toward program goals.
• Develop, manage, and regularly update the program roadmap, timelines, and deliverables.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and proactively resolve them.
• Serve as the technical bridge between teams, ensuring proper understanding of requirements and fostering cross-disciplinary communication.
• Work with engineering teams to define secure build system architecture, policies, and standards.
• Oversee the design and implementation of modern build systems, repositories (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.), pipeline management, and artifact repositories.
• Optimize release and build management workflows, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Manage dependencies and integrate security tools and practices into the build and release pipelines.
• Collaborate with security teams to embed vulnerability scanning tools and practices (e.g., CVE patching, dependency analysis, code scans) into the build pipeline.
• Introduce and manage zero-day response strategies for build environments.
• Ensure compliance with security regulations and standards.
• Effectively communicate program progress and technical updates to stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Gather inputs from both technical and non-technical stakeholders to balance needs with feasibility.

Benefits

• You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits.
• More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits .
• F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees