About the TeamF5 Networks sits between the Internet and some of the largest companies on Earth. We keep their applications running fast, safe, and efficiently. F5s hardware and software products are highly configurable and blazingly fast. The Rapid Development Team (RDT) is the customer facing side of F5 Product Engineering and has the charter to keep our existing clientele happy. RDT accomplishes this through two major arenas diagnosing and resolving the hardest customer issues using a dedicated group of elite software engineers who thrive on the hunt. Successful RDT developers solve difficult unique problems, can multi-task efficiently, communicate calmly, and enjoy playing the hero. RDT has a unique vantage point within F5. Our Software Engineers understand the product in its entirety not only how the features work but how they work together. This makes RDT engineers highly valued at F5. Some of the best engineers at F5 work for or have worked for RDT.
Position SummaryThis position is responsible for the identification, evaluation, and solution of complex software issues. Must also be able to design, develop, and maintain high-quality code for product components. Perform as an individual contributor and collaborate with peers under the direction of technical leads on assigned project teams. Requires little direct management to complete most of the development tasks.
Primary Responsibilities Evaluate and solve software failuresImprove the existing functionalityWork cross functionally integrating, testing and debugging issues with existing system wide softwareCollaborate with team members and technical leadsBuild tools and infrastructure to improve F5s components and featuresPerform other related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential:
Strong understanding of data structures and algorithmsExcellent analytic trouble-shooting and debugging skillsExperience with Docker/ OpenShift/KubernetesDemonstrated excellence in written and verbal communicationsHands-on programming experience in any one language python, golang + shell scripting.Hands-on terraform expertise.Strong networking fundamentals and experience dealing with different layers of the networking stack. Experience with network and web technologies such as TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, L4-L7, DNS and suchSRE/Devops on Linux & KubernetesDemonstrate excellent, hands-on knowledge of deploying workloads and managing lifecyle on kubernetes, with practical experience on debugging issues.On-call Experience in managing everyday OPs for production environments. Experience in production alerts management and using dashboards to debug issues.CI/CDExperience working with/designing functional CI/CD systems.Cloud InfrastructurePrior experience in deploying workloads and managing lifecycle on any cloud provider (AWS/GCP/Azure)Nice-to-have:
Experience programming in Linux networking and OS internalsAgile based software development methodologies such as Kanban, ScrumGipOpsExperience with helm charts/customizations and gitops tools like ArgoCD/FluxCD.Experience in upgrading workloads for SaaS Services without downtime.Experience with Disaster Recovery and Migration is a plus
Qualifications
Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree; or 3 years and a Masters degree; or a PhD with 1 year of experience; or equivalent work experience.The About The Role 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.