Cybersecurity Counsel

Cybersecurity & Information Security Counsel Role

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.

• Lead & operationalize incident response and data breach legal work streams:
  Advise on IR readiness, privilege protocols, and crisis decisioning; run legal materiality assessments and contribute to required disclosures (including support for SEC Form 8‑K cyber incident filings), coordinating closely with the CISO and the Corporate IR Team under established playbooks.
• Own security terms in commercial negotiations:
  Draft and negotiate security and data protection schedules, support customer and vendor security reviews, RFPs, and audit requests, incident‑notification clauses, vulnerability remediation commitments, secure development and testing language, and shared‑responsibility delineations; align with internal control owners and the F5 Trust Center materials.
• Guide security compliance strategy:
  Interpret and operationalize frameworks and obligations (e.g., SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800‑53/CSF, DORA) with Product, Security, Compliance, and GTM teams; help design controls and evidence plans that withstand customer and regulator scrutiny.
• Advise on global cyber regulations:
  Track and translate evolving laws and guidance (e.g., NIS2, DORA, EU Cyber Resilience Act, sectoral breach rules, government‑contracting security) into actionable requirements for product and cloud services, partnering with stakeholders to land scalable processes.
• Strengthen customer trust artifacts:
  Partner with Security, Product, and Customer‑Facing teams on Trust Center content, and security questionnaires to clearly articulate F5 and customer control boundaries and audit posture.
• Enable secure‑by‑design delivery:
  Counsel on NIST SSDF practices, third‑party risk, SBOM posture, pen‑testing and coordinated vulnerability disclosure, data segregation, and identity/access controls across multi‑cloud and hybrid deployments.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment:
  Work hand‑in‑hand with the Office of General Counsel colleagues (Business, Product, Commercial, Privacy/Compliance, IP) and security leaders to embed pragmatic, risk‑based guidance into roadmaps and contracts—ensuring security frameworks map cleanly to customer commitments.
• Continuously improve programs:
  Develop playbooks, templates, and training; run post‑incident retrospectives; and streamline processes to increase speed, clarity, and defensibility.

• JD, LLB, or equivalent degree.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in WA and/or CA.
• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity and regulatory compliance at a law firm and/or in‑house.
• Strong understanding of global cyber and data protection regulations.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineering and security leaders.
• Hands‑on counseling experience in incident response, cloud and platform security, and security compliance (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800‑53/CSF).
• Exceptional communication skills—able to translate technical concepts into clear, actionable legal guidance for a range of business partners.
• Ability to operate calmly in crisis situations and manage and prioritize multiple projects in a dynamic environment, fostering collaboration and driving results.

• 8+ years legal experience, including in‑house counseling for technology or cloud/SaaS providers.
• Familiarity with popular cloud platforms and multi‑cloud architectures.
• Knowledge of network and application security technologies (e.g., WAF, DDoS mitigation, load balancing, bot detection, and API security).
• Experience aligning programs to global frameworks and…