An F5 Certified Solutions Specialist works with clients to define security and technical requirements for the business, and then translates those requirements into solutions. Applicants must have solution design experience that covers all relevant aspects of LTM, DNS, ASM, and APM, as well as other F5 technologies such as BIG-IQ, MobileSafe, IP Intelligence (IPI) and WebSafe modules.
To qualify for F5-CSE status, applicants must have obtained all previously mentioned F5 certifications, including F5-CA, F5-CTS LTM, F5-CTS BIG-IP DNS, F5-CTS ASM, and F5-CTS APM. Once these prerequisites are met, candidates must pass another exam: What is f5
Exam 401 - F5 Certified Security Solutions Expert
Employment Opportunities and Training Resources
Since F5 focuses on large networking environments, you can expect to find F5-related positions such as Network Specialist, Network Engineer, Systems Engineer, Network Administrator, Architect, and Consultant. A snapshot of job boards like SimplyHired, Indeed, and LinkedIn shows 2,000 to 3,000 US job openings for F5 certified professionals (depending on the job board) with excellent salary potential.
In fact, the salaries at F5 Networks are pretty good too. According to SimplyHired, the salary for a software engineer is about $ 116,000. Glassdoor reports salary of $ 122,000 for a network engineer and $ 160,000 for an F5 presales engineer.
F5 Education and third parties offer instructor-led classroom instruction as well as real-time online courses to prepare students for F5 certification. For a list of F5 educational courses and their descriptions, see the Courses and Classes page, and typical prices range from $ 1,000 for a one-day course to $ 4,000 for a four-day course.
Applicants can also take free start-up courses at F5 University. These self-paced web-based tutorials are 45 minutes each and introduce students to the features and capabilities of F5 solutions, basic BIG-IP administration and configuration, and application delivery customization.
F5 offers both an exam plan and a free study guide for each certification exam. Just go to the page for the exam you want and find the links "outline" and "study guide". Each guide is quite detailed and will help you focus on the topics that are most important for taking the exam.
For a long list of F5 study guides and test kits, go to Amazon.com and search for “F5 Networks”. Here are some examples of what you will find:
F5 Networks, Philip Jonsson (Author) and Stephen Eveson (Author), lulu.com, 2015; $ 69,27
F5 Networks Application Delivery Fundamentals Tutorial, Philippe Jonsson, lulu.com, 2015; $ 42, 49
F5 Networks Application Delivery Basics Tutorial, by Philippe Jonsson and Stephen Ivson, lulu.com, 2015; $ 42, 49
Introduction to F5 Networks, BIG-IP, TMOS and LTM v11, Volume One, Stephen Eveson, 2013, Kindle Edition; $ 9.99
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