SecOps Platform Engineer III (DLP/EDR)

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. The Security Engineer III is a career-level security engineering professional responsible for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving security platforms that support Security Operations. As part of the Security Operations Platform Engineering (SOPE) team, this role focuses on the reliability, effectiveness, and operational maturity of technologies supporting data protection, endpoint security, and related security capabilities. The engineer partners closely with Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Logging Engineering, and IT teams to ensure security platforms provide the visibility, controls, and telemetry required to protect the organization while supporting ongoing automation and operational excellence initiatives. Primary Responsibilities • Implement and maintain enterprise security platforms with emphasis on DLP, endpoint security, and related SecOps technologies. • Configure and optimize security controls, policies, integrations, and telemetry to improve platform effectiveness and operational outcomes. • Develop and enhance automation, monitoring, and operational processes that improve platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency. • Collaborate with Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Logging Engineering, and other Technology Services teams to support security operations and investigations. • Evaluate and test new platform capabilities, integrations, and security technologies to address evolving business and security requirements. • Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues spanning endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and security infrastructure domains. • Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, standards, and operational procedures while participating in an engineering on-call rotation.Required Skills / Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technology disciplines. • Experience deploying, administering, or supporting enterprise security technologies and security controls. • Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and data security domains. • Experience with scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.Preferred Skills / Qualifications • Experience with Microsoft Purview, Netskope, CrowdStrike Falcon, or comparable DLP and endpoint security platforms. • Experience with CASB, SSE, Insider Risk Management, or related data security technologies. • Experience integrating security platforms using APIs, automation, or workflow orchestration. • Familiarity with SIEM platforms, security telemetry pipelines, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework. • Experience supporting cloud environments and services in AWS, Azure, or GCP.Work Environment This is a full-time engineering role and is not a shift-based position. Participation in an engineering on-call rotation is required and may occasionally require support outside normal business hours during critical incidents or platform maintenance activities. Travel may be required up to 5%, including occasional international travel. #LI-SS5 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). 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