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.

DevOps Engineer III (Full-Time Employee)Location:** Hyderabad, India**

F5 Inc. is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer III (FTE) to join our innovative team in Hyderabad, India. As a DevOps Engineer III, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced DevOps solutions to accelerate software delivery, improve system reliability, and drive a culture of automation, security, and collaboration at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design, development, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines using industry-leading tools.
• Implement robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for scalable, secure on-prem and cloud environments.
• Drive automation of provisioning, deployment, testing, and monitoring leveraging scripting languages (Python, Bash, golang).
• Develop and manage containerized applications and orchestrate workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Utilize cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) to optimize infrastructure performance, resilience, and cost.
• Implement and support continuous monitoring, logging, and alerting utilizing tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry (OTEL).
• Apply configuration management solutions (Ansible or other
• Chef, Puppet, or Salt Stack).
• Champion Dev Sec Ops practices by integrating security into all automated pipelines and infrastructure.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex deployment, infrastructure, and system issues.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software engineering, QA, product management, security, and IT operations throughout agile, cross-disciplinary teams.
• Establish and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation including procedures, runbooks, technical solutions to support team knowledge and operational excellence.
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical leadership to DevOps engineers and advocate for best practices across engineering teams.
• Drive process improvements, evaluate emerging technologies, and contribute to strategic DevOps roadmaps.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Extensive experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code: (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation)
• Advanced scripting abilities using Python and Bash/Shell/Perl
• Extensive experience with containers (Docker, Podman) and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Strong expertise across major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Solid knowledge of monitoring and logging stacks: Prometheus/Grafana, OTEL.
• Proven track record with configuration management tools: Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt Stack.
• Skilled in Git version control and workflows (GitHub, GitLab, Perforce).
• 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 (JFrog Artifactory, Docker Registry).
• Exceptional troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud, container, and distributed system environments.
• Excellent written/verbal communication and documentation capabilities.
• Demonstrated success working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting production systems in DevOps or cloud engineering roles (minimum 5 years with direct DevOps focus).
• Proven expertise in IaC, automation, and cloud security at enterprise scale.
• Significant experience with high-availability architectures, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and cost optimization strategies.
• Exposure to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience in managing Gitlab Onprem and Cloud runners
• Familiarity with Perforce, Gitlab SCM
• Experience in building windows/Mac/Linux environments.

F5 is an equal opportunity employer.

We value innovation, collaboration, and a relentless focus on automation, reliability, and security. If you are driven to impact global infrastructure and help lead DevOps transformation, then apply now to make a lasting contribution at F5 Inc!

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

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.

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).

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.