Principal Security Engineer, Incident Response
F5 Inc
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $151,475–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $180k 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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Security Engineer - Incident response 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. The engineer will manage incident command workflows, document forensic findings, and coordinate with engineering, SRE, legal, and executive leadership during active cyber events. Key responsibilities include developing response procedures for LLM workflows and API data paths while conducting tabletop exercises and purple team simulations. Required skills include expertise in application security, reverse proxies, load balancers, WAF/WAAP, and Kubernetes ingress. The role requires proficiency with AWS, Azure, GCP, CrowdStrike, and NIST frameworks to mitigate threats across hybrid cloud and AI-enabled infrastructure.
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Median $185250 from 84 postings across 39 companies.
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