Security Engineer, Incident Response

F5 Inc

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
SeattleSan Jose
Salary
$132,000–$198,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
22 days ago
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $151,475–$216,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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About F5 Inc

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 44 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $179,500–$269,300 across 31 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Security Engineer, Incident Response

Security Engineer - Incident response The Security Engineer III joins the Office of the CISO as a core member of the Global Incident Response team. This role involves leading hands-on triage, containment, and resolution of complex security incidents across corporate infrastructure, multicloud environments, core products like BIG-IP and NGINX, and emerging AI-enabled services. Responsibilities include driving incident command workflows, documenting forensic findings, and developing response procedures for large language model workflows and API data paths. The position requires expertise in application security, reverse proxies, load balancers, WAF/WAAP, and Kubernetes ingress security. Candidates must analyze telemetry across AWS, Azure, and GCP using SIEM/EDR platforms like CrowdStrike. The work focuses on mitigating modern attack techniques, API vulnerabilities, and AI security risks while maintaining FedRAMP authorization and compliance standards.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $193000 from 107 postings across 42 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead end-to-end response for high-severity cyber and product security incidents including detection, containment, and recovery.
  • Drive incident command workflows and provide clear technical updates to stakeholders during active cyber events.
  • Develop and execute response procedures for AI-enabled applications, LLM workflows, and API data paths.
  • Implement automated triage, observability tooling, and detection rules to isolate novel threats.
  • Author actionable post-incident reports, executive briefings, and customer notification materials.
  • Facilitate post-incident reviews to identify systemic risks and drive preventative engineering fixes.
  • Conduct tabletop exercises, purple team simulations, and playbook updates to improve response metrics.
  • Participate in a scheduled, rotating 24/7 on-call roster to ensure continuous incident response readiness.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in Incident Response, Security Operations (SOC), Threat Hunting, or Digital Forensics in enterprise cloud/SaaS environments.
  • Willingness and ability to participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call schedule.
  • Deep familiarity with application security, reverse proxies, load balancers, WAF/WAAP, API gateways, DDoS mitigation, and Kubernetes ingress security.
  • Strong experience analyzing telemetry across AWS/Azure/GCP, SIEM/EDR platforms, identity systems, and network logs.
  • Working knowledge of modern attack techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), API vulnerabilities, and emerging AI/LLM security risks.
  • Solid understanding of incident response frameworks and standards (NIST SP 800-61, ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS).

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