F5
Principal AI/Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Seattle, USA · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$157k-$235kDetected 87 days ago
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odds of building a lasting career here
64Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
Level I$93,9121 entry
Level II$127,0262 entries
Level III$160,1183 entries
Level IV$193,2324 entries
$3,318 more — $160,118 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $160,118 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Driving a shift toward data as a product, where quality, accessibility, governance, and usability are embedded into the design of systems
- Identify, prioritize, and drive initiatives that transition manual data handling to automated, intelligence-driven, and scalable solutions
- 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
- Proactively drive improvements to data capabilities in support of AI, advanced analytics, and future-state business processes
- Drive strategies to maximize the value of data assets, including data cataloging, lineage, discoverability, and marketplace capabilities
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in business analysis, data analysis, or related roles, with demonstrated impact on complex, enterprise initiatives
- Proven experience leading cross-functional efforts and influencing outcomes across large, matrixed organizations, ideally in SaaS or technology compan ies wit h complex data ecosystems
- Experience working in Agile, cross-functional delivery environments
- require the ability to use a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed materials.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Data, or a related field
- advanced degree a plus
- Certifications such as CBAP or Six Sigma (preferred)
Compensation
- $156,800.00 - $235,200.00
- 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.
Benefits
- https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.
- F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
- This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.
Company info
- Influencing how data flows across systems to enable advanced analytics and AI use cases
- 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
- 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
- Contribute to and influence the development of enterprise data products, ensuring alignment with business strategy and analytics needs
Equal opportunity
- It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws.
- F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates.
- Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary.
- F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job.
This listing is sourced directly from F5's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.