Sr Technical Training Developer

Job Description
Sr Technical Training Developer
F5 Networks - Seattle, WA

Remote
Full-time
Job Description
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.
Position Summary
This position is responsible for designing, managing, and coordinating the development of technical training for customers, F5 employees, and channel partners in all F5 theatres. It offers the opportunity to work in a highly technical environment with Subject Matter Experts (SME) to create compelling technical training content. It is an opportunity to assist other technical employees in honing their technical expertise to meet client demands and showcase effective use of F5 solutions. This opportunity is perfect for someone who wants to apply their instructional design, content development, and technical skills, to work with a broad spectrum of internal SMEs, from engineers and internal support teams to consulting specialists, to create focused technical training content.
Primary Responsibilities

Defining the overall technical vision and requirements of new training offering or training series
Creating the vision and solution framework to fulfill the defined business requirements while working within established guidelines and templates
Defining training requirements, workflow, processes, scope, and curriculum of the solution or series
Managing and communicating the project plan, schedule, and status
Designing and developing new technical training courses / learning path for various customer audiences
Completing training needs analysis, audience analysis, and defining project scope and requirements
Determining pre-requisites and appropriate delivery methodology for new training content
Creating design specifications for course / learning path
Creating and documenting new development processes and templates, as needed
Coordinating beta-teach activities with technical trainers and incorporating feedback
Managing and communicating the development plan, schedule, and status
Managing multiple course development projects including scope, dev-plan, schedule, milestones, and status
Updating existing training content for new product releases and updates
Completing training needs analysis
Creating course development plan / schedule
Coordinating SMEs / course developers, who are assisting in the development of technical training content
Facilitating course-dev working sessions to complete content development within scheduled timeline
Assist course developers in resolving content development issues
Delivering technical training and Train-the-Trainer classes
Delivering Train-the-Trainer classes for F5 and Authorized Training Center (ATC) trainers
Delivering technical product training in instructor-led classes periodically on newly developed topics
Auditing class delivery to ensure consistency and discover areas for improvement
Upholding F5's Business Code of Ethics and promptly reporting violations of codes or company policies
Performs other related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Formal training in adult education or instructional design in technical knowledge areas is required
Proficient in the application of training materials to various deliver modes including instructor-led, remote/virtual instructor-led, self-paced web-based, blended learning, micro-modules, and hands-on technical labs is required
Proficient in project management skills; working on multiple projects; working with engineers, technical writers and trainers, to ensure that quality requirements are met and delivered within specified timelines
Technical expertise with MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, and rapid authoring tools is required
Demonstrate knowledge/skills in the following:
CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment):Building automated pipelines with tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab CI.
Containerization & Orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes for packaging and managing applications.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Provisioning and managing infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.
Scripting & Programming: Python, Bash, or Ruby for automation.
Version Control: Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) is fundamental.
Linux/Unix: Strong command-line and system administration skills.
Web Application development and tools.
AI concepts and methods of implementation.
Experience with prompting AI for expediting content creation and problem solving. Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, internetworking technology, or education is preferred
At least 8 years of experience in instructional design/technical content development
At least 6 years technical training delivery
At least 3 years of experience in the computer networking industry
The annual base pay for this position is: $107,200.00 - $160,800.00