Sr. Security Engineer at F5, Inc. in Hyderabad

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. POSITION SUMMARY: The Sr Security Engineer is a technical security position in the F5 Security Incident Response Team (F5 SIRT). Addressing security issues in F5 products is the responsibility of the F5 Security Incident Response Team (F5 SIRT). The F5 SIRT is a dedicated, global team that manages the receipt, investigation, and public reporting of security vulnerability information that is related to F5 products and networks. The Sr Security Engineer position provides expert security technical leadership for F5 SIRT. This position requires complete Security Knowledge and an expert with regards to security threats, incident handling methodologies and offensive/defensive attack vectors. A Sr Security Engineer follows incident handling procedures to drive mitigation of security incidents and will be called to perform expert attack analysis, configuration suggestions, and potential onsite interaction. A Sr Security Engineer can handle multiple active issues of diverse scope simultaneously while maintaining good communication, particularly written communication to our customers, and accepts ownership of issues until a resolution is delivered or a business as usual state is returned, providing high customer satisfaction. When not engaged in incidents, a Sr Security Engineer will mentor other security related issues, researches emerging threats and both documents and presents their impact on F5 products and services. Advocates every single day for improving the security of F5 products and services. A good candidate has a deep passion for security and a desire to help develop a security mindset in others. The role also requires a strong ability to work with incomplete information and to adapt to changing priorities. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: § Responsible for upholding F5s business code of ethics & for promptly reporting violations of the code or other company policies § Manages multiple issues and prioritizes based upon customer and business needs, without direction § Provides F5 customers with a consistently high-quality support experience § Assist other Security Engineers with other tasks as required based upon business operation needs § Effectively engages supporting escalation personnel, without direction § Participate in weekend support rotation § § Participate in tier 2 and tier 3 security support § Provides F5 customers with high-quality support experience § § Manages multiple issues and prioritizes based upon customer and business needs, without direction § Effectively engages supporting escalation personnel, without direction § § Ensure complete and clear incident documentation § Maintain incident documentation, participate in post-mortems, and write incident reports. § Continuous research into emerging threats and mitigation options § Independently develops and deliver security content and training based on research and testing within the security field and with F5 products to drive security mindset. § Perform general security awareness and specific security technology training § Engages in ongoing training within the security field and with F5 products § Follows processes defined in F5’s Quality Management System (QMS) § Work closely with others to develop incident response plans § Identify the gaps between the security incident response process and customers' needs, optimize/improve the workflow/process § Act as the technical lead, identify the knowledge/technical skill gaps in the te