F5 Networks

Consultant (Mumbai)


PayCompetitive
LocationMumbai/Maharashtra
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: RP1033226

      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.

      Role Overview:

      Our consultants form a pivotal part of F5 Networks’ Professional Services delivery organization, working across diverse environments—from public and private clouds to enterprise data centers. They help customers implement F5’s security, automation, and cloud solutions with responsiveness and technical expertise. This role offers the opportunity to explore new technologies, solve complex problems, and deliver real value to clients.

      Consultants operate with a high degree of independence, identifying what’s needed to complete assignments efficiently while collaborating with a global team of like-minded professionals. Prior experience with F5 technologies is appreciated but not required—what’s essential is strong communication, analytical thinking, and a commitment to quality.

      You’ll interact with global customers, so fluency in English and the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences is key. In return, F5 offers access to industry-leading training, labs, and expert communities to support your continuous learning and professional growth. The role will be based in Mumbai, India.

      Sounds interesting? Read on!

      What you will do:

      • Deliver labor associated with custom scoped Statements of Work to F5 customers.

      • Provide technical responsibilities that may include, but are not limited to, problem identification, systems architecture definition, hardware/software specification, design, implementation, testing, client training and solution deployment.

      • Effectively lead and deliver technical workshops

      • Manage customer interaction and engagement, including documentation and follow-up.

      • Maintain expert level proficiency of F5 products and technologies through self-directed and formal training.

      • Demonstrate ability to become trusted advisor within customer environment.

      • Demonstrate control of engagement and develop customer confidence in F5’s ability to resolve critical issues in a timely and effective manner

      What you will bring:

      • BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience.

      • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, with a focus on architecture and design of Application Delivery and Security solutions.

      • Experience working with Linux, Unix and Windows, Cloud environments

      • Experience with network protocols and theory (TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, MAC addresses, IP packets, DNS, and load balancing, etc.)

      • Good understanding of HTTP protocol and related technologies

      • Experience with network, security solutions, and technologies leading security solutions

      • Experience with public clouds: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure

      • Experience with virtualized and containerized environments: Kubernetes and Docker

      • Experience with Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins

      • Experience with Scripting or development skills: Python, Ruby, Shell etc.

      • Working knowledge in F5 products and technologies is a plus

      • Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently as well as prevalent local language.

      • Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills.

      • Ability to articulate and transfer complex ideas to a wide audience through both verbal and written communication.

      • Demonstrated strong written communication, presentation writing, and technical documentation skills.

      • Should be hands-on and be able to perform the role independently.

      • Demonstrable experience to work as part of a team of engineers and to deliver one or several projects simultaneously.

      What You’ll Get:

      Apply if you believe your own unique capabilities can contribute to the success of this role and our organization!

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      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) .

      Equal Employment Opportunity

      It 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. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com .

  • About the company

      F5, Inc. F5 is headquartered in Seattle, Washington in F5 Tower, with an additional 75 offices in 43 countries focusing on account management, global services support, product development, manufacturing, software engineering, and administrative jobs.