Technical Program Manager - Secure Development

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Job Title: Technical Program Manager III - Secure Build Environment Development

Job Description:

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager III (TPM) to lead the development of a new build environment with a strong focus on security. This is a critical role requiring someone who possesses exceptional program management capabilities, technical expertise, and experience collaborating across multiple teams and departments. The ideal candidate will have experience working with modern build systems, repositories, and CI/CD environments, as well as expertise in security practices, ensuring robustness against vulnerabilities and threats.

Responsibilities:
1. Program Management:
   - Drive end-to-end ownership and delivery of a secure build environment program.
   - Coordinate efforts across multiple teams, including engineering, security, DevOps, and product management, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment toward program goals.
   - Develop, manage, and regularly update the program roadmap, timelines, and deliverables.
   - Identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and proactively resolve them.

2. Technical Leadership:
   - Serve as the technical bridge between teams, ensuring proper understanding of requirements and fostering cross-disciplinary communication.
   - Work with engineering teams to define secure build system architecture, policies, and standards.

3. Build System Expertise:
   - Oversee the design and implementation of modern build systems, repositories (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.), pipeline management, and artifact repositories.
   - Optimize release and build management workflows, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
   - Manage dependencies and integrate security tools and practices into the build and release pipelines.

4. Security Focus:
   - Collaborate with security teams to embed vulnerability scanning tools and practices (e.g., CVE patching, dependency analysis, code scans) into the build pipeline.
   - Introduce and manage zero-day response strategies for build environments.
   - Ensure compliance with security regulations and standards.

5. Stakeholder Management:
   - Effectively communicate program progress and technical updates to stakeholders and executive leadership.
   - Gather inputs from both technical and non-technical stakeholders to balance needs with feasibility.

Qualifications:
- Program Management Expertise:
  - Proven experience in delivering complex cross-team programs with multiple dependencies.
  - Strong organizational and coordination skills, including experience managing schedules, roadmaps, and reporting mechanisms.

- Technical Background:
  - Solid knowledge of build/release tools, repositories, pipeline management, and CI/CD workflows.
  - Familiarity with systems like GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, or similar.
  - Hands-on experience managing artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory, Nexus).

- Security Experience:
  - Understanding of security practices within build environments, such as vulnerability scans, dependency management, and zero-day mitigations.
  - Knowledge of security tools (e.g., Snyk, SonarQube, Prisma).
  - Familiarity with CVEs and secure coding principles.

- Soft Skills:
  - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  - Ability to balance multiple priorities and drive consensus across teams.
  - Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience working on secure build environments or DevSecOps-related programs.
- Certification in program management methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile).
- Familiarity with compliance standards like ISO 27001/27002, SOC Type 2, or OWASP Secure Coding Practices.

Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact by leading the development of a secure and scalable build environment. You will play a key role in bolstering the security of our development workflows, shaping practices that strengthen our engineering foundation, and collaborating across industry-leading teams in a dynamic, innovative, and fast-paced environment.

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This description clearly emphasizes the leadership, technical expertise, and security focus required for the role, while also offering flexibility to attract candidates with varied yet relevant experience.

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. 

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