Principal AI/Business Intelligence Data Analyst

Skip to main contentCareers at F5Sign InPrincipal AI/Business Intelligence Data Analyst page is loadedPrincipal AI/Business Intelligence Data AnalystApplyremote typeHybridlocationsSeattletime typeFull timeposted onPosted 23 Days Agojob requisition idRP1037848At 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.AI/Business Intelligence Data Analyst – Principal  About Us 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. We obsess over improving the lives of our customers and their customers, and we prioritize a diverse F5 community where everyone can thrive.  Data is a critical enabler, and we are transforming how we leverage it to power our business—evolving from traditional data management practices toward data-driven insights, intelligent systems, and AI-enabled decision-making.   Role Overview We are seeking a Principal  AI/Business Intelligence Data Analyst to define, lead, and scale this transformation. This role sits at the intersection of data, business processes, and technology, shaping the creation of trusted, connected, and AI-ready data foundations that support F5’s future digital identity at an enterprise level. This is not a traditional data governance/management role. You will directly contribute to enabling F5’s long-term AI strategy through high-quality, connected, and insight-ready data by: Translating complex business needs into enterprise-scale data and insight solutions Influencing how data flows across systems to enable advanced analytics and AI use cases Driving a shift toward data as a product, where quality, accessibility, governance, and usability are embedded into the design of systems The ideal candidate combines deep business analysis expertise, strong data intuition, and technical fluency, and operates with a mindset focused on strategic impact, scalability, and cross-functional leadership.  Primary Responsibilities Lead analysis and redesign of business processes and data flows to enable enterprise-wide data connectivity and insight generation, leveraging modern data quality tools, frameworks, and techniques Identify, prioritize, and drive initiatives that transition manual data handling to automated, intelligence-driven, and scalable solutions Define and guide the development of AI-ready data foundations, ensuring data is structured, governed, and accessible for predictive and machine learning use cases across the enterprise Translate complex, ambiguous business problems into strategic data requirements and solution frameworks that support:  Reporting and dashboards Predictive analytics AI/ML initiatives Streamlined, scalable operational processes Lead the design and evolution of data governance and metadata strategies, emphasizing automation, usability, and long-term sustainability Partner with engineering, architecture, and data teams to shape and influence the design of scalable data pipelines, models, and platform capabilities Contribute to and influence the development of enterprise data products, ensuring alignment with business strategy and analytics needs Guide testing, validation, and business adoption approaches to ensure successful delivery and measurable outcomes Establish and evolve data lifecycle management practices,...