Field CISO

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.

Position Summary

The Field CISO serves as a primary, public-facing security executive for F5. This highly visible role is responsible for engaging with senior-level audiences globally, including customer executives, boards of directors, regulators, and Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs). The Field CISO will drive F5’s reputation as a global leader in security and risk management by delivering compelling thought leadership, providing expert analysis at industry events, and leading strategic customer and partner interactions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Act as a primary, trusted advisor and public face for F5 to senior security audiences, including Board-level executives, regulators, ISACs, and key customers.
• Lead customer executive sponsorships and high-level strategic interactions within F5's Customer Engagement Centers (CECs).
• Develop and deliver authoritative thought leadership and in-depth analysis for global audiences at industry conferences, panels, and executive events.
• Enhance and promote F5's global position as a premier security and risk thought leader.
• Lead and participate in high-stakes strategic security engagements, including customer post-breach discussions, wargames, and executive tabletop exercises.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with key industry partners to further F5's security mission.
• Provide senior leadership and critical input on security messaging, field sales training, and strategic event selection to drive F5’s image as a security leader across multiple industries worldwide.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive, proven experience (15+ years) in a senior cybersecurity leadership role (e.g., CISO, Field CISO, senior security strategist).
• Deep expertise in cybersecurity strategy, risk management, incident response, and crisis communications.
• Recognized as an industry thought leader with a strong public profile and a history of speaking at major global security conferences.
• Demonstrated experience presenting to and advising C-suite executives, Boards of Directors, and regulatory bodies.
• Proven ability to lead complex, executive-level engagements such as wargames, breach simulations, and tabletop exercises.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong understanding of the global threat landscape and the ability to apply it to multiple industries.
• Proven ability to collaborate with marketing, sales, and product teams to shape strategic messaging and enablement.
• Ability to travel globally as required.

Standard Position Terms

• Classification: This position, as it is currently classified, is exempt from overtime pay because it performs work that is exempt from or not subject to overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• Benefits: F5 provides comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits for all its regular employees working at least 20 hours or more per week2. Employees are also eligible to participate in F5's 401(k) retirement plan and receive the Company match. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate these benefits at any time.
• Employment at Will: Employment with F5 will be "at-will". This means employment is not for any specific period of time and can be terminated by you at any time for any reason. Likewise, F5 may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice.
• Contingencies: This position is subject to F5's usual employment policies and is contingent on the satisfactory outcome of background and reference checks.

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.

The annual base pay for this position is: $266,200.00 - $399,400.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

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.