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Overview
We currently have an opportunity for a talented Senior Solutions Engineer (SE) to join our EMEA F5 Distributed Cloud Solutions organization. This is a sales and technical role with a focus on customers/partners and is part of the XC sales organization. The Specialist SE’s primary responsibility is to support the sales team with technical skills and provide technical knowledge around F5 Distributed Cloud Solutions to our customers. To be effective, an SE needs to have excellent technical skills and knowledge of both F5 Distributed Cloud Solutions and the “eco-system” that we work in. Fear not, we do provide training and certification to keep abreast with these critical skills!
The high-level objective is to achieve the allocated sales target and sell relevant F5 solutions and products to our customers business needs, in partnership with the Sales Account Manager. From our customer(s) perspective, the SE is a trusted adviser who proactively learns and understands their technical and business challenges and can propose effective solutions to mitigate their concerns/offer gainful solutions. The F5 SE not only presents the technical features but also business benefits in the Technical Value Proposition.
What you’ll do
Work on opportunities within the assigned region/area of specialization and provide technical expertise Be an advocate and thought leader for the F5 Distributed Cloud Solutions by building trust and proven competence in our solutions Collaborate with other solution engineers and internal business leaders to share ideas, identify common customer pain points and trends, and identify appropriate F5 solutions
How you’ll do it
Knowledge of cloud native solutions, microservices/containers, automation, and orchestration solutions Advocate F5 Distributed Cloud Solutions Applying business and technology skills with structured methodologies to deliver solutions to the customer both to technical and business leads Build a high level of trust and credibility with the field / peers
What you’ll bring
Experience in Cloud architectures in: AWS, Azure, GCP or other public clouds, and multi-cloud design CI/CD experience (automate build and test pipelines with GitOps, Jenkins, etc.) Experience with cloud instrumentation and configuration management tools for deployment such as GKE, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, etc. Experience in software development in Go, Python, Ruby, scripting, languages Bring an “if not me then who? attitude to the role Proven track record of trust and ability to adapt to a changing environment BS/BA or equivalent work experience
What you’ll get:
This is a self-driven role, so career growth and development are available at every stage of your career. 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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