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.

As a Enterprise Architect, you will Define and drive the architecture strategy across our GTM, Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement, Customer Experience, and Corporate IT platforms. You'll set the standards, integration patterns, and technology direction that determine how our enterprise systems scale, interoperate, and stay compliant — and you'll be the architect leadership turns to before a major platform decision gets made.

Required skills:

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture experience spanning two or more of: ERP, HCM, ITSM, CRM, and corporate productivity platforms.

• Deep expertise designing integration patterns across enterprise systems — API-first services, event-driven architectures, iPaaS (e.g., Dell Boomi), and ETL/ELT pipelines.

• Hands-on architectural ownership of core business processes such as Quote-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Hire-to-Retire, and Record-to-Report.

• Track record establishing architecture standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks adopted across Finance, HR, GTM, and IT.

• Strong command of compliance and control requirements including SOX, GDPR, and SOC 2 as they apply to enterprise systems.

• Proven ability to influence executives and cross-functional leaders on build-vs-buy decisions, vendor selection, and total cost of ownership.
  

Preferred skills:

• Experience leading enterprise-wide transformation programs — ERP migrations, platform consolidations, or M&A systems integration.

• Working knowledge of AI/ML applied to enterprise workflows (agentic automation, copilots embedded in business systems, intelligent process automation).

• Background architecting subscription, revenue, and quote-to-cash systems at scale.

• Familiarity with modern enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, domain-driven design) and EA tooling (LeanIX, Ardoq, or equivalent).

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: $234,400.00 - $351,600.00

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.