F5

Senior Solution Engineer

F5

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Guangzhou • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudKubernetesOpenShiftPython

About the role

  • Provide technical leadership through presentations, whiteboards, solution demonstrations, PoCs, and workshops as a trusted advisor.
  • Design and articulate end-to-end solutions that address customer business challenges and highlight F5’s differentiated value.
  • Present both technical and business outcomes through clear Technical Value Propositions.
  • Support the creation of customer-facing content (presentations, demos, use cases, competitive positioning).
  • Maintain strong awareness of industry trends and competitive landscape.
  • Collaborate closely with the sales team on opportunity qualification, technical strategy, account planning, and executive engagement.
  • Build and maintain strong technical relationships with customer architects, engineers, and leadership.
  • Clearly communicate F5’s value proposition and align it with customer business objectives.
  • Build trusted advisor relationships with technical stakeholders and management.
  • Provide world-class support throughout the pre-sales cycle and ensure smooth handoffs to post-sales teams.
  • Deliver clear and concise messaging to CxO-level audiences.
  • Use Salesforce and internal tools to document, manage, and track opportunities.
  • Work with F5 Technical Support and Professional Services teams to ensure customer success
  • Maintain a strong “customer-first” mindset throughout the deployment lifecycle

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science related areas or equivalent level of experience
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience and 4+ years in technical presales or similar customer-facing engineering roles
  • Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals, load balancing, L4–L7 security, TLS, and traffic management
  • Familiarity with public cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Alibaba Cloud) and application delivery in cloud environments
  • Understanding of container technologies such as Kubernetes or OpenShift
  • Experience with automation concepts and basic scripting (e.g., Python, REST APIs, Ansible)
  • Knowledge of modern Web and API security, including bot protection, DDoS mitigation, and authentication protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML)
  • General understanding of AI/ML architectures and how AI workloads impact networking and security requirements
  • Awareness of LLM/GenAI concepts and common enterprise use cases.
  • Understanding of security considerations for AI applications and AI-driven API traffic
  • Familiarity with industry trends in AI-assisted security, application performance, and automation
  • Ability to discuss AI-related customer initiatives at a conceptual and architectural level
  • Solid understanding of F5 solutions, application delivery, application security, and modern application architecture is a plus
  • Experience in cloud, security, networking, or application delivery domains is preferred
  • Fluent English and Mandarin; additional languages a plus
  • Strong communication, presentation, and account strategy skills
  • Strong solution-selling mindset and business acumen
  • Ability to lead technical strategy for key accounts and deliver compelling value propositions.
  • Ability to simplify complex technology concepts for business stakeholders
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
Benefits
  • Hybrid working mode
  • Career growth and development opportunities
  • Recognitions and Rewards
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits , and cool perks
  • Culture of Giving Back
  • Dynamic Diversity & Inclusion Interest Groups

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
networking fundamentalsload balancingL4–L7 securityTLStraffic managementKubernetesOpenShiftPythonREST APIsAnsible
Soft skills
communicationpresentationaccount strategysolution-selling mindsetbusiness acumencollaborationteamworkcustomer-first mindsettechnical leadershiptrusted advisor