Solution Architect EMEA

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.

• Work on strategic opportunitieswithin the assigned region/area of specializationand provide architectural guidance and technical expertisefor the entire F5 portfolio. The goal is to listen carefully to the customers requirements and then position the best possible solution within the F5 portfolio addressing those requirements.
• Play the role of an evangelistandthought leaderin the area of technical specialization
• Collaboratewith other solution architects and internal business leadersto share ideas identify common customer pain points and trendsand identify appropriate F5 solutions
• Work closely with our internal productmanagementand servicesteams and provide technical and business understanding for product launches and updates that would be beneficial for our customers
• Provide mentorship as needed to the Solution Engineering community in the organization and make sure they are enabled and equipped to position our solutions correctly

• Playing the role of an evangelistthought leader mentorin the fieldof security
• Act as a liaison between Sales and Marketing Product Management Product Development
• Working with strategic business opportunities across the EMEA region

• Advanced knowledge of application delivery (ADC DNS) in hardware software and SaaS based architectures
• Experience with automation principles and tools (Ansible Terraform Git Cloud templates declarative API DevOps methodologies infrastructure-as-code security-as-code )
• Strong knowledge of app delivery and networking in the most popular private and public cloud platforms
• Solid knowledge of micro-services containers and Kubernetesplatforms
• Solid knowledge of cloud-native ADC Kubernetes ingress and Gateway API concepts (experience with NGINX is a bonus)
• Solid knowledge of API gateways (experience with NGINX is a bonus)
• Knowledge ofsecuritysolutions with specific focus on application security is highly desired (web application firewall DDOS bot mitigation API security identity & access management anti-fraud client-side security LLM security)
• Deep knowledge of F5 Solutions
• Public speaking skills (events conferences)
• Experience with publishing whitepapers/solution articles blogs tech-tips etc
• Extensive experience making product demonstrations value propositions and technical presentations to technical and business leads
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills
• Ability to adapt your message to your audience
• Architectural problem solving skills
• Self learner and curious in new technologies
• Strong business mindset translating technical features into business values
• 8 years of related industry experience
• Relevantcertifications a plus
• BS/BA or equivalent work experience

• Thisrole is based out of Dubai UAE or Riyadh KSA with flexibility to work from home as well.
• While we encourage remote/virtual meetings the nature of the role could require travelup to 30% of the time
• This is a self-driven roleso career growth and developmentisavailable at every stage of your career.
• The position reports tothe Director Solution Architects EMEA
• Competitive pay family friendly benefits and cool perks
• Tuition assistance for professional development
• Culture of giving back strong diversity and inclusion interest groups

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.

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