Senior Director – Infrastructure
| Company | F5 |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, San Jose, CA, USA |
| Salary | $263840 – $395760 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer tooling, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
- Proven track record overseeing large-scale cloud environments and physical data centers in complex enterprise environments.
- Expertise in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), cloud-native operations, and hybrid networking.
- Deep understanding of developer platforms, including source control (GitHub, GitLab, Perforce, ADO), artifact repositories, CI/CD frameworks, and observability stacks.
- Strong grasp of DevOps principles, platform engineering, and automation practices.
- Experience with compliance, risk management, and operational excellence frameworks (e.g., ITIL, SOC2, ISO).
- Strategic thinker with excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead the global infrastructure organization covering Cloud Operations, Cloud Management Platforms, Data Center Operations, and Enterprise Networking.
- Drive operational excellence and service reliability across hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, and physical data centers).
- Ensure high availability, performance monitoring, and incident response for mission-critical systems.
- Champion automation, observability, and cost optimization across infrastructure services.
- Oversee infrastructure governance, including patching, compliance, and asset lifecycle management.Including FedRAMP and IL5 Federal compliance understanding and infrastructure.
- Manage the F5 AI internal GPT solution and enhancements to enable all business groups.
- Lead the F5 on f5 initiatives with product development teams and enterprise systems.
- Define and lead the strategy for a seamless Developer Experience (DevEx) across the enterprise.
- Own and scale code repository management platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Perforce), ensuring performance, security, and ease of use.
- Deliver and evolve DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer portals, enabling faster, safer, and more scalable software delivery.
- Partner with engineering and product teams to understand friction points in development workflows and resolve them with platform solutions.
- Advocate for engineering standards and best practices across the developer ecosystem.
- Build and lead high-performing global teams across infrastructure, cloud, and developer tooling.
- Develop and manage multi-year roadmaps aligned to business growth, security, and operational goals.
- Collaborate closely with Security, Engineering, Compliance, and Product teams to align on architecture, SLAs, and enterprise tooling strategy.
- Define KPIs and metrics to measure operational performance and developer productivity.
- Drive vendor strategy and manage partner relationships for infrastructure platforms and developer tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting global engineering organizations in high-growth, SaaS-based companies.
- Familiarity with developer productivity measurement and platform SLOs.
- Background in software engineering, platform operations, or technical architecture.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.