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 delivers and secures applications across hybrid, multi-cloud, SaaS, and AI-enabled environments where availability, resilience, security, and trust are core to customer value.

The Sr. Principal, Technical Assurance & Innovation is a senior technical leader within Internal Audit, operating at a director-equivalent level of scope and influence. This role combines deep technical advisory with responsibility for modernizing how Internal Audit delivers assurance.

This leader will serve as a trusted advisor across cybersecurity, cloud, and AI domains, partnering with audit teams and business stakeholders to assess risk and strengthen controls. In parallel, they will lead the adoption of AI, automation, and data-driven capabilities to transform audit into a forward-looking, insight-driven function.

This is a Seattle-based role to support close alignment with F5’s Engineering and Product leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Assurance & Advisory

• Serve as the lead technical advisor for Internal Audit across cybersecurity, cloud, platform environments, and AI/ML systems, including Responsible AI governance
• Partner with audit teams to scope, design, and execute complex technology audits
• Provide credible challenge and guidance to engineering and security stakeholders
• Translate technical risks into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership and the Audit Committee

Audit Innovation & Modernization

• Lead the modernization of Internal Audit through AI-enabled audit techniques, automation, and continuous auditing capabilities
• Identify and deploy solutions that increase efficiency, expand coverage, and elevate insight
• Help define the future-state audit model aligned to F5’s technology landscape

Data, Analytics & Reporting

• Enable data-driven auditing and control telemetry across the audit lifecycle
• Develop tools and approaches that deliver real-time and predictive risk insights
• Enhance executive and Audit Committee reporting to be forward-looking and decision-oriented

Strategic Partnership & Influence

• Build trusted relationships with Engineering, Product, Security, and Risk leadership
• Act as a thought partner on emerging risks, including AI and platform resilience
• Influence enterprise conversations on technology risk, governance, and innovation
• Operate with independence and objectivity while enabling business velocity

Capability Building

• Mentor and upskill audit team members on cyber, AI, and modern engineering practices
• Help elevate team capability in data-driven and technology-enabled auditing
• May lead initiatives or small teams aligned to innovation priorities

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technology-focused Internal Audit, or in technical program management, engineering, or security roles with audit/advisory exposure
• Deep expertise in cybersecurity and cloud environments
• Experience with AI / Responsible AI risk management
• Strong understanding of modern SDLC, DevSecOps, and platform architectures
• Proven ability to translate complex technical risks into business insights
• Experience advising engineering and security stakeholders in a technology company
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or deploying AI or automation solutions for audit or risk functions
• Experience with data analytics or visualization tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerized environments, and major cloud platforms
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISA, CISSP, CISM, CIA)
• Prior people leadership or team development experience

Travel Requirements

Up to 10–20%, including occasional international travel

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: 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.