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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. \nEverything 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.\nThis position is exclusively intended for candidates who successfully completed the F5 Summer 2026 Internship Program and have received an invitation to apply for a return role.\nPosition Summary\nThis entry-level SRE position is responsible for supporting the reliability, availability, and scalability of critical systems and SaaS platforms under the guidance of senior site reliability engineers. The successful candidate will apply modern engineering principles to operational functions, participate in system monitoring and automation initiatives, and gain professional experience in a fast-paced, infrastructure-focused environment. You will frequently partner with senior technical leaders and collaborate with cross-functional teams under the direction of technical leads within the F5 Digital organization.\nThis position is based in Seattle, WA.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nApply modern engineering principles and practices to operational functions under supervision, with guidance on full system lifecycle management from concept through deployment and optimization \nSupport and maintain technology systems to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and security under technical direction \nAssist with automation and scaling initiatives through basic scripting and supervised implementation of automation tools \nParticipate in troubleshooting and resolving standard operational issues, including systems monitoring and performance analysis, escalating complex issues to senior engineers \nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to support the design and implementation of scalable system architecture \nInvestigate open source and proprietary technologies, components, and tools under mentorship to build highly available and manageable systems \nAssist with observability and monitoring tasks, including learning to measure system performance and identify basic solutions \nParticipate in service operation activities and assist with documenting SLOs and SLIs under guidance \nSupport the implementation and enforcement of security best practices to protect systems, data, and infrastructure \nContribute to and maintain knowledge bases for system documentation, including standard operating procedures and troubleshooting guides \nActively collaborate with team members and senior engineers to deliver reliable solutions \nParticipate in supervised on-call rotation activities with senior engineer support \nResponsible for upholding F5's Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies \nPerforms other related duties as assigned \nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities\nWorking knowledge of network, infrastructure, and cloud technologies \nReceives regular direction and mentorship from senior-level SRE staff \nStrong analytic and problem-solving skills \nAbility to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment \nStrong team player with a willingness to learn and grow \nDemonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications \nAbility to take constructive feedback and apply it to improve work quality \nFoundational understanding of DevOps and automation principles \nBasic proficiency in at least one scripting language (Bash, Shell, or Python) \nExposure to cloud platforms (Azure or similar) is a plus \nExposure to observability and monitoring tools is a plus \nExposure to virtualization concepts (VMware, containerization) is a plus \nAutomation tooling such as Terraform or Chef is a plus \nExposure to AI tooling such as Generative AI, LLMs, and prompts is a plus \nQualifications\nSuccessfully completed a Summer 2026 internship with F5 \nBachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience, graduating between December 2026 and September 2027 \nMust be able to start no later than September 30th, 2027 \nMust be able to work onsite in accordance with F5's policies; fully remote work options are not available \nExperience with basic system administration, scripting, or infrastructure support \nStrong foundational understanding of software development and system operations principles \nAbility to work effectively in a team environment with minimal independent experience \nBasic familiarity with Windows or Linux systems is beneficial \nWe’re thrilled to see you grow with us and continue to make an impact in the tech world. Apply now and turn your internship experience into a full-time career!\nThe annual base pay for this position is listed below.\nSeattle, WA: $118,800\nThese are fixed, non-negotiable base salaries for the stated locations.\nThe 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.\nThe annual base pay for this position is: $95,000.00 - $142,600.00F5 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.\nYou 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. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.\nPlease note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com ).\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nIt 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. 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