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.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the enterprise AI reference architecture, including patterns for LLM integration, agentic workflows, GraphRAG & RAG systems, and model deployment
• Evaluate and recommend AI platforms, tools, and vendors aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Define integration patterns between AI capabilities and existing enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, collaboration tools, security infrastructure), and establish technical standards for AI development, deployment, and operations.
• Partner with Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure AI solutions meet regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Design guardrails and monitoring frameworks for responsible AI deployment, data governance standards for AI training data, prompts, and outputs
• Create proofs-of-concept to validate architectural decisions and establish metrics frameworks to measure AI solution effectiveness and ROI
• Build and mentor a community of practice around agentic AI developments.
  

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, or related technical leadership roles
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies, including recent work with LLMs and generative AI
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their AI/ML services
• Experience designing systems that meet enterprise security and compliance, and strong knowledge of API design, microservices, and integration patterns
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, responsible AI principles, and Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, SOC2)
• Strong background in developer productivity tools, developer experience, AI agents for coding, and MLOps.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

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.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.