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.
Life at F5 is never dull. We are constantly identifying industry trends and disruptions, then innovating to get ahead of future customer needscreating application services that help the worlds leading organizations deliver their critical business apps faster and with the highest levels of flexibility, security, performance, and quality.
But our success isnt driven solely by what we do. We also care deeply about how we do it. At F5, our culture is how we live, every single day. And its producing extraordinary resultsnot only for our customers, but also for our employees. We understand that your life is about more than just work, so were committed to a culture that supports your whole life.
We are seeking a Test Architect who will help us in the development and execution of software test plans of product components and services. You will lead in debugging software products through the use of tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards for our products. You will work and collaborate with incredible colleagues to contribute to assigned projects in a growing team within F5 Networks. The ideal teammate should be passionate, creative, flexible with a strong work ethic and enjoy solving problems with very little direct management. Our team works remotely and is distributed globally, giving you a chance to interact with colleagues from around the world.
The Test Architect provides technical leadership and guidance in all aspects of testing software and sophisticated network systems in a CI/CD development environment. This engineer is a deep technical specialist focusing on the design, implementation, use, and enablement of the testing function and the overall development function.
Responsibilities
Assist in designing and delivering the teams overall test methodologies, procedures, and techniques.
Recommends new tools, techniques, and methodologies needed to improve testing efficiency and quality.
Monitor the testing functions efficiency in CI/CD pipeline and adjust based on insights acquired through analysis at all stages of the SDLC
Collaborate with product teams to strategize & align long-term solutions for test automation including roadmap, tools, framework & approach.
Design and develop test automation frameworks/harnesses, and code libraries to support broader test efforts across the organization.
Act as a mentor for other junior members in the organization.
Support the leadership team at the executive level as needed.
Required skills
Experience with networking and traffic generation tools
Extensive experience testing software and complex network-based systems.
Must have a strong background in networking technologies & protocols like IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP, etc.
Solid experience with Linux operating systems
Experience with container technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
Experience with GitLab/GitHub or other source code management systems.
Solid experiences with CI/CD and Agile test and software development
Demonstrated skill in using coding standards and being an active participant in code reviews.
Expert in automation frameworks typically used in CI/CD pipelines.
Expert knowledge and extensive experience with network technologies.
Qualifications
Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree; or 12 years and a Masters degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience.
F5, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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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.
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It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.
