4,055 Application Delivery jobs in the United States

Job Summary:

• Manages and troubleshoots advanced software issues.
• Provides technical support for team members and system issues, escalating when appropriate.
• Manages multiple IT projects concurrently.
• Monitors Application Development project metrics for significant deviations in quality, defects, and support.
• Provides a fast response and maintains a high level of professionalism at all times.
• Provides 7x24 support working with IT Operations team and external vendors.
• Builds and maintains knowledge base and document procedures.
• Provides feedback on all projects and/or support issues to Technology Delivery Manager.
• Defines procedures or standards for Keystone Application.
• Provides recommendations for procedural improvements in Keystone Application.
• Acts as the "go to" person within an Application Delivery team for questions and problems regarding Keystone Application.
• Knows Keystone database structure and adjusts forms and reports based on business needs.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Acts as a trusted technology and business advisor in partnership with functional business stakeholders to synchronize business and technology activities, identifying service components to deliver business outcomes and capabilities.
• Must be willing and able to work closely and effectively with other teams, peers, etc. and escalate issues if necessary.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with service consumers by demonstrating reliability, cooperativeness, honesty, and an unbiased approach to analysis work.
• Assists with evaluation of proposed new solutions and preparation of analyses to determine how closely solutions meet stakeholder and solution requirements.
• Assists with recurring meetings with team members and all departments to review service performance and expectations.
• Must be able to effectively communicate at all levels in both written and verbal forms.
• Must have excellent attention to detail, and all work must be at a high level of professionalism.
• Does what it takes to successfully accomplish goals.
• Understands key customer business processes, applications, and integrations in order to develop system expertise for customer support, troubleshooting issues, and performing system testing.
• Beginner level reporting experience working with SQL and databases for extracting reports.
• Ability to work with multiple systems and tasks at once.
• Understanding of Agile/Lean environment.
• Responsible for day-to-day customer support of designated systems and processes, including coordination with stakeholders to train, answer questions, and troubleshoot issues.
• Ability to work with external vendors, business users, and/or development teams to resolve issues in a quick and efficient manner.
• Liaison amongst business departments, technology team, and third-party vendors to successfully coordinate activity across matrix functions and maintain a good customer experience.
• Assists with training and quality improvements to core applications being supported.
• Assists with solution documentation and training materials as required.
• Supports the definition of processes and policies, supply business rules and procedures, and communicate the contexts in which the rules, processes, and policies are applied for Keystone Application.
• Validates the requirements and deliverables that describe the product(s) or service(s) Keystone Application will produce.
• Provides input for the design and construction of test cases and scenarios and validates executed test results for Keystone updates.
• Guides other professionals on the project/program to ensure the content related to Keystone Application is accurate.
• Reports to Application Delivery Manager about current trends and repetitively reported issues to identify defects if applicable.
• Contributes and collaborates directly as a hands-on support team member to model, mentor, and reinforce the values, principles, and practices of Michigan First Credit Union and the Technology Services organization.
• Believes in the power and synergistic value of teams; equates personal success with team success; focuses on team accomplishment and recognition rather than personal recognition.
• Remains optimistic and enthusiastic toward work and others, despite obstacles and setbacks.
• Becomes/is an advocate of The Michigan First Way, supporting all facets of it, including complete fulfillment of Our Promise, 5 STARS Service, SOLVE IT and our ISMs. Fosters a positive demeanor and image through professional representation in all contacts with both, team members and members. Consistently reflects and displays each of our "ISMs" in daily job performance, as well as in all business interactions while executing on our goals and initiatives. Learns and utilizes EMEC (Every Member's Experience Counts) in day-to-day responsibilities when communicating with members only.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must be able to build effective working relationships and garner the trust and respect of the software development team and the greater organization as a highly capable team member and servant leader.
• Must possess and retain a high degree of situational effectiveness and provide a calming and constructive presence across the full spectrum of operating conditions and circumstances from ordinary to extreme.
• Must be a proactive systems thinker who can identify opportunities for improvements that will prevent problems from becoming issues.
• Must possess demonstrable hands-on proficiency with respect to Corelation Keystone.
• Must have excellent communication skills (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be capable of working in a member-centric environment, with a practical approach and strong problem-solving skills.
• Basic understanding of XML.
• Beginner level reporting skills using SQL databases.
• Must have experience working with Microsoft SharePoint.
• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Prior system support experience in a multi-functional environment.
• Prior banking or credit union experience is a plus.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree or related degree or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.

Michigan First Credit Union was founded more than 90 years ago by educators and delivers world-class service to more than 160,000+ members at our branches throughout the State of Michigan, and we're still growing! We offer financial solutions for every life stage and seek to positively transform our members' lives through personalized service that meets their unique needs.

Simply put, Michigan First Credit Union's sole mission is to provide the highest quality member experience. Working here, you'll get to participate in a strong culture, centered around service, professionalism, and growth.

Michigan First highlights:

• 500 team members
• 32 locations spanning the Lansing area, Grand Rapids and Metro Detroit
• Industry leader in community support and charitable giving through the Michigan First Foundation
• Member Services Call Center operates 24/7/365
• Over $1.5 Billion in assets

Awards Michigan First Credit Union has been the proud recipient of:

• 2024 Best & Brightest in the Nation
• 2024 Best & Brightest in Metro Detroit
• 2024 Best & Brightest in West Michigan
• 2024 Best Credit Unions to Work For
• 2024 Crain's Cool Places to Work
• 2024 Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces
• 2024 Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency - Certified Veteran Friendly Employer - Bronze Level
• 2021 Credit Union of the Year by NAFCU (National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions)

Benefits and perks of joining our award-winning team include:

• Very competitive pay
• Low-cost medical, dental, and vision benefit options. Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) - 100% match up to 5% deferral
• Tuition reimbursement for both Undergraduate and Graduate degree program
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Senior Director, Application Delivery Senior Director, Application Delivery Apply remote type Onsite locations Smithfield, VA time type Full time posted on Posted Today job requisition id R-2025-4449 If you are currently employed at Smithfield, please log into Workday and submit your application through the Jobs Hub. A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now! Your Opportunity The Senior IT Director, Applications & Technical Services is an innovative thought leader and trusted advisor within Smithfield Corporate and/or Hog Production. They direct all aspects of technology solutioning, projects, delivery and support for business within our Corporate/Hog Production areas. This role will work with business leaders, vendor partners and across IT to ensure efforts are coordinated and executed as required. Effective partnership and teamwork with internal and external IT partners and all other IT service teams is a key success factor. Core Responsibilities Provides Technical leadership for solutioning/support of solutions related to various functional groups. Works with IT leaders to ensure cross functional execution of strategy, projects and support efforts. Serves as the escalation point for issues within assigned functional groups. Delivers IT innovation to all of areas of Smithfield within assigned functional groups. Has oversight of the development/configuration/coding and/or technical design of applications. Responsible for ensuring appropriate risk management and control execution through the development lifecycle. Communicates decisions, priorities and relevant project information to appropriate levels of staff regarding business unit requests, projects and initiatives. Proactively identifies opportunities (to leverage technology) to create business values or reduce costs. Drives technology and business process innovation within and across the global organization ensuring continuity. Develops strategic initiatives and plans, proactive, anticipatory, and driving in nature and provides significant value-solution to the business. Manages business relationships and projects across teams, vendors, and 3rd party providers. Drives CI approach to instill proactive culture within the IT organization. Manages strategic vendor partnerships and contracts in collaboration with Strategic Sourcing. Qualifications Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of experience in IT; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required. 5+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development is required. Broad business applications experience, preferably in the Consumer Products, Food Manufacturing and /or Agribusiness, preferred. In depth experience in SAP and/or JDEdwards. Experience with different SDLC and technology change management models/practices. People management and development experience. Ability to work with vendors and corporate partners on delivery execution and providing cost effective solutions. Extensive experience partnering with all levels of the organization. Solid analytical skills, experience solving practical issues and engaging cross functional teams of multiple process partners to gain consensus. Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with peers and executive leadership. Strong leadership and management skills that align with the Smithfield culture. Specific skills include facilitating change, driving operational excellence, and striving for continuous improvement. Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment. Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work. Supervisory Responsibilities Provides leadership and guidance to the IT Technical Applications teams. Ensure ongoing employee development by providing growth objectives and a formalized employee development plan that aligns Smithfield’s goals with the employee’s goals. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Relocation Package Available : Yes Eligible for Company Vehicle : No EEO Information Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at . Why Work at Smithfield Foods? Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers. Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost. These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more. Our company invests in your future. We offer comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential. Our partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent. For those looking to build specialized skills, we offer apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning. We also offer unique benefits like our Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children. Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner. About Smithfield Foods Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. With a diverse brand portfolio and strong relationships with U.S. farmers and customers, we responsibly meet demand for quality protein around the world. For more information, visit We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield, Eckrich and Nathan's Famous, among many others. Not finding the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking Get Started below or create an account by clicking 'Sign In' at the top of the page to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest! #J-18808-Ljbffr

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.

F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Senior Architect for Application Delivery to lead the architectural design and evolution of core application delivery services within our SaaS platform. This includes shaping the direction of services such as load balancing, traffic steering, DNS, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), content acceleration, and caching. You will:

• Design and evolve SaaS-native architectures for load balancing, traffic routing, DNS, and acceleration services, ensuring performance, scalability, and low latency across global deployments.

• Define and promote architectural principles for multi-tenant isolation, regional failover, routing logic, and service composition.

• Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of the company .

• Evaluate emerging technologies and paradigms for inclusion in our architecture.

• Drive projects and the workflow of teams, serving as mentor to all engineering levels .

• Partner with management on driving product timelines .

• Participate in cross-functional design projects, serving as consultant to management in long-range company planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research/advancement .

• Collaborate with product, SRE, and development teams to define scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant designs aligned with platform goals.

• Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, instilling architectural best practices and technical leadership across multiple teams.

• Represent architecture in planning forums, contributing to roadmap prioritization and long-range technical strategy and roadmap.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and reusable frameworks for application delivery components.

• Drive architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models to ensure operational, security, and scalability concerns are addressed early.

• Analyze system bottlenecks and propose optimization strategies for throughput, latency, and resource efficiency.

• Collaborate on capacity planning, rollout strategies, and regional deployment patterns.

• Identify emerging technologies, protocols, and approaches in application delivery.

• Leading software development projects .

• Documenting and recording every aspect of an application or software.

• Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.

• Looking for problems within software systems and driving issues to resolution.

• Developing good working relationships with other employees, such as UX, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Programmers and Engineers.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 15+ years designing application delivery and data plane systems.

• Deep knowledge of L4L7 networking protocols, including HTTP, TLS, TCP, UDP, and DNS.

• Experience with load balancing algorithms, service discovery, caching, and GSLB.

• Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale.

• Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies .

• Experience architecting multi-region, multi-tenant systems with a focus on availability and performance.

• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate trade-offs in technical decision-making to diverse audiences.

• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages .

• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.

• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills.

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.

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 F5s 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 F5s benefits can be found at the following link: . 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 .

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F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Senior Architect for Application Delivery to lead the architectural design and evolution of core application delivery services within our SaaS platform. This includes shaping the direction of services such as load balancing, traffic steering, DNS, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), content acceleration, and caching. Responsibilities include designing and evolving SaaS-native architectures for load balancing, traffic routing, DNS, and acceleration services ensuring performance, scalability, and low latency across global deployments; defining and promoting architectural principles for multi-tenant isolation, regional failover, routing logic, and service composition; working closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures align with company vision; evaluating emerging technologies; driving projects and mentoring engineering teams; partnering with management on product timelines; participating in cross-functional design projects; collaborating with product, SRE, and development teams to define scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant designs; mentoring engineers; representing architecture in planning forums. Job duties also include developing and maintaining reference architectures, design documents, reusable frameworks; driving architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models; analyzing system bottlenecks and proposing optimizations; collaborating on capacity planning and rollout strategies; identifying emerging technologies; leading software development projects; documenting software aspects; planning and scheduling deliverables; resolving software system issues; and developing good working relationships with other employees. Skills required include 15+ years designing application delivery and data plane systems; deep knowledge of L4–L7 networking protocols including HTTP, TLS, TCP, UDP, and DNS; experience with load balancing algorithms, service discovery, caching, and GSLB; experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale; understanding of containers and orchestration technologies; experience architecting multi-region, multi-tenant systems focusing on availability and performance; strong communication skills; broad understanding of coding and programming languages; extensive knowledge of software development processes and technologies; strong soft skills including attention to detail, problem-solving, and communication. The description may not be all-inclusive and is subject to change.

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Sr. Architect, Application Delivery page is loadedSr. Architect, Application Delivery Apply remote type Hybrid locations Seattle time type Full time posted on Posted 10 Days Ago job requisition id RP1033761

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.

F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Senior Architect for Application Delivery to lead the architectural design and evolution of core application delivery services within our SaaS platform. This includes shaping the direction of services such as load balancing, traffic steering, DNS, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), content acceleration, and caching. You will:

• Design and evolve SaaS-native architectures for load balancing, traffic routing, DNS, and acceleration services, ensuring performance, scalability, and low latency across global deployments.

• Define and promote architectural principles for multi-tenant isolation, regional failover, routing logic, and service composition.

• Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of the company .

• Evaluate emerging technologies and paradigms for inclusion in our architecture.

• Drive projects and the workflow of teams, serving as mentor to all engineering levels .

• Partner with management on driving product timelines .

• Participate in cross-functional design projects, serving as consultant to management in long-range company planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research/advancement .

• Collaborate with product, SRE, and development teams to define scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant designs aligned with platform goals.

• Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, instilling architectural best practices and technical leadership across multiple teams.

• Represent architecture in planning forums, contributing to roadmap prioritization and long-range technical strategy and roadmap.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and reusable frameworks for application delivery components.

• Drive architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models to ensure operational, security, and scalability concerns are addressed early.

• Analyze system bottlenecks and propose optimization strategies for throughput, latency, and resource efficiency.

• Collaborate on capacity planning, rollout strategies, and regional deployment patterns.

• Identify emerging technologies, protocols, and approaches in application delivery.

• Leading software development projects .

• Documenting and recording every aspect of an application or software.

• Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.

• Looking for problems within software systems and driving issues to resolution.

• Developing good working relationships with other employees, such as UX, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Programmers and Engineers.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 15+ years designing application delivery and data plane systems.

• Deep knowledge of L4–L7 networking protocols, including HTTP, TLS, TCP, UDP, and DNS.

• Experience with load balancing algorithms, service discovery, caching, and GSLB.

• Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale.

• Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies .

• Experience architecting multi-region, multi-tenant systems with a focus on availability and performance.

• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate trade-offs in technical decision-making to diverse audiences.

• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages .

• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.

• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills.

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.

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: . 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 .

Hybrid : Employees within 30 commutable miles of an F5 office are required to work from the office a minimum of 30 business days per quarter.

Remote : Primarily work from designated home location but can come into an F5 office to work or travel to an offsite location as needed.

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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.

F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Senior Architect for Application Delivery to lead the architectural design and evolution of core application delivery services within our SaaS platform. This includes shaping the direction of services such as load balancing, traffic steering, DNS, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), content acceleration, and caching. You will:

• Design and evolve SaaS-native architectures for load balancing, traffic routing, DNS, and acceleration services, ensuring performance, scalability, and low latency across global deployments.
• Define and promote architectural principles for multi-tenant isolation, regional failover, routing logic, and service composition.
• Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of the company.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and paradigms for inclusion in our architecture.
• Drive projects and the workflow of teams, serving as mentor to all engineering levels.
• Partner with management on driving product timelines.
• Participate in cross-functional design projects, serving as consultant to management in long-range company planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research/advancement.
• Collaborate with product, SRE, and development teams to define scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant designs aligned with platform goals.
• Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, instilling architectural best practices and technical leadership across multiple teams.
• Represent architecture in planning forums, contributing to roadmap prioritization and long-range technical strategy and roadmap.
  
  
  

• Develop and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and reusable frameworks for application delivery components.
• Drive architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models to ensure operational, security, and scalability concerns are addressed early.
• Analyze system bottlenecks and propose optimization strategies for throughput, latency, and resource efficiency.
• Collaborate on capacity planning, rollout strategies, and regional deployment patterns.
• Identify emerging technologies, protocols, and approaches in application delivery.
• Leading software development projects.
• Documenting and recording every aspect of an application or software.
• Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.
• Looking for problems within software systems and driving issues to resolution.
• Developing good working relationships with other employees, such as UX, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Programmers and Engineers.
  
  
  

• 15+ years designing application delivery and data plane systems.
• Deep knowledge of L4–L7 networking protocols, including HTTP, TLS, TCP, UDP, and DNS.
• Experience with load balancing algorithms, service discovery, caching, and GSLB.
• Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale.
• Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies.
• Experience architecting multi-region, multi-tenant systems with a focus on availability and performance.
• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate trade-offs in technical decision-making to diverse audiences.
• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages.
• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.
• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills.
  
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Sr. Architect, Application Delivery (Architecture)

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.

F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Senior Architect for Application Delivery to lead the architectural design and evolution of core application delivery services within our SaaS platform. This includes shaping the direction of services such as load balancing, traffic steering, DNS, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), content acceleration, and caching. You will:

Design and evolve SaaS-native architectures for load balancing, traffic routing, DNS, and acceleration services, ensuring performance, scalability, and low latency across global deployments.

Define and promote architectural principles for multi-tenant isolation, regional failover, routing logic, and service composition.

Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of the company .

Evaluate emerging technologies and paradigms for inclusion in our architecture.

Drive projects and the workflow of teams, serving as mentor to all engineering levels .

Partner with management on driving product timelines .

Participate in cross-functional design projects, serving as consultant to management in long-range company planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research/advancement .

Collaborate with product, SRE, and development teams to define scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant designs aligned with platform goals.

Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, instilling architectural best practices and technical leadership across multiple teams.

Represent architecture in planning forums, contributing to roadmap prioritization and long-range technical strategy and roadmap.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and reusable frameworks for application delivery components.

Drive architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models to ensure operational, security, and scalability concerns are addressed early.

Analyze system bottlenecks and propose optimization strategies for throughput, latency, and resource efficiency.

Collaborate on capacity planning, rollout strategies, and regional deployment patterns.

Identify emerging technologies, protocols, and approaches in application delivery.

Documenting and recording every aspect of an application or software.

Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.

Looking for problems within software systems and driving issues to resolution.

Developing good working relationships with other employees, such as UX, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Programmers and Engineers.

Skills and Qualifications:

15+ years designing application delivery and data plane systems.

Deep knowledge of L4–L7 networking protocols, including HTTP, TLS, TCP, UDP, and DNS.

Experience with load balancing algorithms, service discovery, caching, and GSLB.

Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale.

Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies .

Experience architecting multi-region, multi-tenant systems with a focus on availability and performance.

Strong communication skills and ability to articulate trade-offs in technical decision-making to diverse audiences.

Broad understanding of coding and programming languages .

Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.

Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills.

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.

Sr. Architect, Application Delivery (Architecture)

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.

F5 Distributed Cloud is seeking a Senior Architect for Application Delivery to lead the architectural design and evolution of core application delivery services within our SaaS platform. This includes shaping the direction of services such as load balancing, traffic steering, DNS, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), content acceleration, and caching. You will:

• Design and evolve SaaS-native architectures for load balancing, traffic routing, DNS, and acceleration services, ensuring performance, scalability, and low latency across global deployments.

• Define and promote architectural principles for multi-tenant isolation, regional failover, routing logic, and service composition.

• Work closely with product and development teams to ensure software and product architectures are developed in line with the vision and future direction of the company .

• Evaluate emerging technologies and paradigms for inclusion in our architecture.

• Drive projects and the workflow of teams, serving as mentor to all engineering levels .

• Partner with management on driving product timelines .

• Participate in cross-functional design projects, serving as consultant to management in long-range company planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research/advancement .

• Collaborate with product, SRE, and development teams to define scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant designs aligned with platform goals.

• Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, instilling architectural best practices and technical leadership across multiple teams.

• Represent architecture in planning forums, contributing to roadmap prioritization and long-range technical strategy and roadmap.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and reusable frameworks for application delivery components.

• Drive architectural reviews, design validations, and threat models to ensure operational, security, and scalability concerns are addressed early.

• Analyze system bottlenecks and propose optimization strategies for throughput, latency, and resource efficiency.

• Collaborate on capacity planning, rollout strategies, and regional deployment patterns.

• Identify emerging technologies, protocols, and approaches in application delivery.

• Leading software development projects .

• Documenting and recording every aspect of an application or software.

• Planning, tracking and scheduling software deliverables.

• Looking for problems within software systems and driving issues to resolution.

• Developing good working relationships with other employees, such as UX, Marketing Managers, Product Managers, Programmers and Engineers.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 15+ years designing application delivery and data plane systems.

• Deep knowledge of L4–L7 networking protocols, including HTTP, TLS, TCP, UDP, and DNS.

• Experience with load balancing algorithms, service discovery, caching, and GSLB.

• Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud solutions at scale.

• Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies .

• Experience architecting multi-region, multi-tenant systems with a focus on availability and performance.

• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate trade-offs in technical decision-making to diverse audiences.

• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages .

• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.

• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving and communication skills.

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.

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,