Principal DevOps Engineer

Principal Dev Ops Engineer (Full-Time Employee)

Location:

Seattle, WA / Spokane, WA / San Jose, CA

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction and vision for Dev Ops architecture, automation, and pipeline tooling.

• Own the architecture and implementation of scalable, robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for hybrid, cloud, and on-prem environments.

• Design and optimize complex CI/CD frameworks using leading industry tools to support secure, seamless delivery at scale.

• Develop and enforce best practices for automated provisioning, deployment, testing, monitoring, and security across environments and projects.

• Spearhead advanced containerization, orchestration, and workload automation initiatives using Docker, Kubernetes, and other container technologies.

• Lead cloud platform strategy (AWS, Azure, GCP), driving cloud adoption, architecture, resilience, performance, and cost optimization.

• Implement and support continuous monitoring, logging, and alerting utilizing tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry (OTEL).

• Guide advanced configuration management practices (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Salt Stack) and champion automation at every layer.

• Provide technical leadership for Dev Sec Ops , embedding security into all Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure.

• Lead complex incident resolution, root cause analysis, and system reliability engineering (SRE) efforts for highly critical systems.

• Advise and collaborate with leadership, architects, and principal engineers across product, software, infrastructure, security, and IT.

• Drive documentation excellence, ensuring architecture, processes, runbooks, technical and operational guides are thorough and current.

• Mentor, coach, and uplift Dev Ops engineers at every level, establishing high standards and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

• Influence and develop Dev Ops roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and promote organizational transformation.

Required

Skills & Qualifications

• Deep mastery of CI/CD platforms (Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins) and a proven record designing complex enterprise-grade pipelines.

• Extensive experience and authority in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Open Tofu, AWS Cloud Formation), with strong architectural acumen.

• Advanced expertise in scripting (Python, Bash/Shell) and proven automation of provisioning, operations, and deployments at scale.

• Demonstrated leadership in containerization (Docker, Podman), Kubernetes orchestration, and cloud-native patterns.

• Significant experience architecting on major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Deep practical expertise with monitoring & observability stacks:
Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry.

• Broad and deep knowledge in configuration management:
Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt Stack.

• Mastery of Git-based version control, branching strategies, and collaborative workflows (Git Hub, Git Lab).

• Advanced infrastructure security skills with hands-on expertise in tools such as Hashicorp Vault, Semgrep, and integrated CI/CD pipeline security.

• Experience with artifact management at scale (Artifactory, Docker Registry).

• Exceptional troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud, container, and distributed system environments.

• Outstanding communication, technical writing, and documentation skills for both technical and executive audiences.

• Demonstrated excellence operating in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments.

• Proven technical leadership, mentorship, and influence across engineering and Dev Ops organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer…