F5 · 7 hours ago
Senior Director, Technical Audit Program
Seattle
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$194K/yr - $290K/yr
15+ years expF5 is a company focused on creating a better digital world, and they are seeking a Senior Director for their Technical Audit Program. This role involves leading the technology audit strategy, providing independent assurance, and fostering relationships with engineering and product leadership to enhance platform resilience and customer trust.
Consumer ElectronicsSaaSSecurityVirtualization
Responsibilities
Define and drive the technology audit strategy aligned to enterprise risk priorities and F5’s product and platform roadmap
Develop a forward-looking, multi-year audit plan reflecting hybrid, multi-cloud, SaaS, and AI-enabled environments
Present audit results, risk insights, and thematic trends to executive leadership and the Audit Committee
Provide strategic oversight and direction for technology audits across: secure SDLC and DevSecOps; cloud, hybrid, and platform environments; containerized and orchestrated workloads; cybersecurity governance and operations; platform resilience availability, and incident response; and third-party technology risk
Ensure audit scope, methodologies and conclusions are risk based, reflect sound judgement and are grounded in the realities of modern engineering and product environments
Build trusted relationships with Engineering, Product, Platform, and Security leaders
Provide timely, independent insights that support informed risk decisions without slowing innovation or delivery velocity
Maintain audit independence while operating as a strategic partner to the business
Embed data-driven auditing, control telemetry, and continuous assurance concepts into the technology audit program
Drive innovation to move beyond point-in-time reviews toward continuous risk intelligence for high-risk platforms, products, and initiatives
Leverage analytics, automation, and AI to increase audit efficiency, insight, and coverage
Lead, develop, and inspire a team of future-ready technology audit professionals
Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, inclusion, and continuous learning
Coach team members to build skills in cloud, AI-related technology risk, and modern engineering practices
Ensure audit projects are high quality, risk-focused, and delivered on time in alignment with IIA standards
Monitor remediation of audit findings and assess the sustainability of corrective actions
Continuously improve audit methodology, execution discipline, and stakeholder experience
Qualification
Required
15+ years of experience in technology audit, cybersecurity risk management, engineering assurance, or related disciplines within complex technology organizations
Demonstrated understanding of modern SDLC, DevSecOps, and large-scale cloud and hybrid platforms, including where controls have passed and failed
Demonstrated ability to provide assurance over cybersecurity, platform resilience and availability, cloud and containerized environments, secure software delivery, third-party technology risk, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled systems
Data-driven mindset with experience using analytics and control telemetry to move beyond point-in-time audits toward continuous risk insight
Proven people leader with 5+ years of people management experience, skilled at building, coaching, and developing high-performing future-ready technical teams
Strong executive communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex technical risk into clear, actionable insights
Track record of operational excellence, sound judgment grounded in a risk-based approach, and delivery aligned with IIA standards
Continuous learner who adapts quickly to evolving technologies and helps teams do the same
Preferred
Professional certifications such as CISA, CIA, CISSP, CISM, or CCSP
Experience with cloud-native and containerized environments
Exposure to AI-enabled systems, automation, or advanced analytics
Familiarity with analytics or technical tools (e.g., SQL, Python, security or data platforms)
Experience working in large, global, fast-paced technology organizations
Benefits
Incentive compensation
Bonus
Restricted stock units
Benefits
Company
F5 is a multi-cloud application services and security company that specializes in application security, performance, and delivery.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2020-11-08Post Ipo Equity
1999-06-04IPO
1998-09-24Series Unknown
Leadership Team
François Locoh-Donou
President and CEO
Mohan Veloo
Chief Technology Officer - Asia Pacific, China & Japan
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