Sr Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Infra Focus at F5

You're a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer with at least 8 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, specifically focused on hands-on ownership of pro

Work type: hybrid

Location: F5 Tower

Salary: $161,600 – $242,400/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You're a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer with at least 8 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, specifically focused on hands-on ownership of production systems. A deep understanding of Linux, networking, and distributed systems is crucial. **What makes it worth a look...** This full-time, hybrid role at F5 offers a substantial annual salary of $161,600 - $242,400. The position is based at the F5 Tower. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation. * Possess experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. * Are skilled in programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, or Bash. * Have a strong background in observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.

Job Description

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.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Infrastructure FocusAbout the Role 

We’re seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with deep infrastructure expertise to design, build, and operate the foundational systems that power our products. This role focuses on reliability, scalability, automation, and operational excellence across cloud and on‑prem environments. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to evolve our infrastructure platform, reduce toil, and ensure our systems are robust, observable, and efficient. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Architect and maintain core infrastructure systems across compute, storage, networking, and cloud services. 

• Develop automation and tooling to eliminate manual operations and improve system consistency. 

• Implement and manage infrastructure‑as‑code using modern frameworks and best practices. 

• Drive reliability engineering practices including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident response. 

• Enhance observability through metrics, logging, tracing, and actionable alerting. 

• Optimize system performance and capacity to support growth and cost efficiency. 

• Lead complex troubleshooting efforts across distributed systems and production environments. 

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure infrastructure supports evolving product needs. 

• Strengthen security and compliance posture through hardened infrastructure and best practices. 

• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of operational excellence. 

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering with hands‑on ownership of production systems. 

• Deep knowledge of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems. 

• Proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation. 

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). 

• Solid programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, Bash, or similar. 

• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD systems and automated deployment pipelines. 

• Strong observability background using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, or similar. 

• Proven incident management experience in high‑availability environments. 

• Experience with hybrid or multi‑cloud environments. 

• Knowledge of infrastructure security including secrets management and zero‑trust principles. 

• Background with large‑scale distributed systems or high‑throughput architectures. 

• Open‑source contributions in SRE, infrastructure, or cloud‑native ecosystems. 

• Highly reliable, scalable infrastructure that supports rapid product growth. 

• Reduced operational toil through automation and self‑service capabilities. 

• Clear, actionable observability enabling fast detection and resolution of issues. 

• Efficient, cost‑optimized systems across cloud and on‑prem environments. 

• A strong reliability culture across engineering teams. 

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.

The annual base pay for this position is: $161,600.00 - $242,400.00

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](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).

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