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Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer – Security
| Company | F5 |
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| Location | Carlsbad, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $131944 – $197916 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 8+ years in technical marketing, solution engineering, or QA roles in networking, cloud infrastructure, or security domains.
- Proven hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP, NGINX, Distributed Cloud (XC), or similar technologies.
- Deep understanding of L2-L7 protocols, traffic steering, WAF, and Zero Trust architectures.
- Hands-on with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) and comfortable in hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of Python scripting, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Familiarity with OWASP API Security, web threats, and modern application design patterns.
- Experience with virtualization and container orchestration technologies such as VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and testbed/lab setup at scale.
- Excellent written, presentation, and communication skills; capable of translating technical details into business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement robust lab environments (hardware-based and virtual) for real-world customer scenarios and field use cases.
- Create and maintain demo kits, sample configurations, and enablement playbooks focused on Web Application Firewall (WAF), Bot and Fraud Risk Defense, Zero Trust, Application Delivery and AI-driven insights.
- Partner with Engineering, PM, and Field teams to capture customer use cases and build reusable technical assets.
- Author and publish deep-dive technical content, including configuration guides, solution briefs, demo videos, and blog posts.
- Present technical sessions at customer briefings, partner workshops, events, and analyst engagements.
- Deliver content that resonates with both technical and executive audiences.
- Build automated and scalable test/demo frameworks using Python, Terraform, Ansible, and other DevOps tools.
- Integrate telemetry, observability, and AI/ML insights into technical demonstrations where applicable.
- Contribute to CI/CD enablement, security validation workflows, and cloud-native integrations.
- Act as a trusted technical voice in field enablement activities, webinars, customer calls, and competitive conversations.
- Capture field feedback and align enablement content with customer priorities and product roadmap.
- Drive technical positioning and evangelize F5’s differentiated value across application and security domains.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience contributing to technical blogs, developer communities, or open-source projects.
- Previous experience in customer-facing roles such as sales engineer, professional services, solution consultant, solution engineer, quality assurance engineer, support engineer, or equivalent.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; advanced degree a plus.
