Sr Dir, Security Engineer

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.

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 SUMMARY: Senior Director of Security Engineering will define and oversee the strategic vision for the enterprise security engineering program, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company's services, systems, and data. Key responsibilities include strategic planning, enhancing operational efficiency, providing technical leadership, overseeing team management and development, and facilitating effective communication. The Senior Director of Security Engineering will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and Operations teams to secure, enable, and scale the company's corporate systems and network, enterprise applications, and data. This is a high-level management position that plays a critical role in shaping the company's security posture and future growth. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Define and implement the strategic vision and objectives for the engineering department in alignment with the organization’s overall strategy. 
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performance engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical innovation, and continuous improvement. 
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams such as Product Management, Technology, and other key business departments, ensuring alignment on project objectives and seamless execution align to the SecureF5 mission. 
• Provide technical leadership in software development, vulnerability management, automation and engineering practices. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and methodologies. 
• Lead the design and implementation of a secure infrastructure at scale. Champion the adoption of best-in-class security practices across all engineering functions. 
• Direct initiatives to build and/or implement tool solutions that enhance the organization's security posture. Ensure these tools are integrated effectively into existing systems and processes. 
• Provide day-to-day leadership to technical, operational, professional, and administrative personnel engaged in engineering and information security activities. Encourage a culture of security, innovation, collaboration, and high performance. 
• Offer strategic advice and recommendations in the development, implementation, and evaluation of new products and services.  
• Develop and manage the departmental budget effectively, aligning resource allocation with strategic priorities. 
• Provide strategic advice and recommendations in the development, implementation, and evaluation of new products and services. 
• Design and drive implementation of secure infrastructure at scale 
• Lead work program to build and/or implement tools that aid in enhancing the security posture of F5’s infrastructure and se