
Senior Principal, Technical Assurance & Innovation
F5
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $188,800 - $283,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the lead technical advisor for Internal Audit across cybersecurity, cloud, platform environments, and AI/ML systems, including Responsible AI governance
- Partner with audit teams to scope, design, and execute complex technology audits
- Provide credible challenge and guidance to engineering and security stakeholders
- Translate technical risks into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership and the Audit Committee
- Lead the modernization of Internal Audit through AI-enabled audit techniques, automation, and continuous auditing capabilities
- Identify and deploy solutions that increase efficiency, expand coverage, and elevate insight
- Help define the future-state audit model aligned to F5’s technology landscape
- Enable data-driven auditing and control telemetry across the audit lifecycle
- Develop tools and approaches that deliver real-time and predictive risk insights
- Enhance executive and Audit Committee reporting to be forward-looking and decision-oriented
- Build trusted relationships with Engineering, Product, Security, and Risk leadership
- Act as a thought partner on emerging risks, including AI and platform resilience
- Influence enterprise conversations on technology risk, governance, and innovation
- Operate with independence and objectivity while enabling business velocity
- Mentor and upskill audit team members on cyber, AI, and modern engineering practices
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in technology-focused Internal Audit or in technical program management, engineering, or security roles with audit/advisory exposure
- Deep expertise in cybersecurity and cloud environments
- Experience with AI / Responsible AI risk management
- Strong understanding of modern SDLC, DevSecOps, and platform architectures
- Proven ability to translate complex technical risks into business insights
- Experience advising engineering and security stakeholders in a technology company
- Strong executive communication and influencing skills
- Experience developing or deploying AI or automation solutions for audit or risk functions (preferred)
- Experience with data analytics or visualization tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI) (preferred)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerized environments, and major cloud platforms (preferred)
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CISA, CISSP, CISM, CIA) (preferred)
- Prior people leadership or team development experience (preferred)
Benefits
- Incentive compensation
- Bonus
- Restricted stock units
- Benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cybersecuritycloud environmentsAI risk managementResponsible AI governanceSDLCDevSecOpsdata analyticsautomation solutionspredictive risk insightscontinuous auditing
Soft Skills
executive communicationinfluencing skillsmentoringrelationship buildingindependenceobjectivitycredibilityguidancethought leadershipbusiness velocity
Certifications
CISACISSPCISMCIA