Security Engineer, Incident Response
F5 Inc
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This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $156,600–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $228k versus about $183k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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F5, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in application security, multi-cloud management, online fraud prevention, application delivery networking, application availability and performance, and network security, access, and authorization.
F5 Inc currently has 25 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $152,200–$228,400 across 25 roles with salary data.
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Principal Security Engineer - Incident Response serves as the Incident Commander and strategic program lead within the Office of the CISO. This role involves orchestrating enterprise-scale response efforts, managing cyber crises, and improving incident response maturity across corporate infrastructure, hybrid multicloud environments, and AI-enabled services. The individual will manage global incident response roadmaps, develop playbooks, and conduct high-fidelity tabletop simulations while translating complex forensic investigations into executive communications. Key responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams during high-severity events and ensuring compliance with FedRAMP, NIST, and ISO standards. Technical requirements include expertise in application delivery architectures, load balancing, WAF/WAAP, API gateways, and Kubernetes ingress security. The role requires proficiency with AWS, Azure, GCP, SIEMs, EDR platforms like CrowdStrike, and knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK frameworks to secure products including BIG-IP and NGINX.
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Median $185250 from 84 postings across 39 companies.
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