About the position
We're seeking innovators - engineers who seek to design new products, designing state-of-the-art products that do not exist today. These engineers love to code with a drive to build global products and bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal. As a member of Layer-7 Application Security group, you will be responsible for designing and developing security features on the next-generation firewall platform integrating with our security services cloud. You will work with product management on user requirements, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance and field support teams throughout the entire software development cycle.
Responsibilities
- Participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test
- Develop functional specifications, assess task requirements and scheduling, and participate in development, debug and support
- Suggest and implement improvements to the development process
- Clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams
- Interview, mentor and coach new team members
Requirements
- Proficient in C and familiar with Unix/Linux development environment
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP internals and L7 protocols
- Working knowledge of common data structures and algorithms
- Verbal and written communication skills to work with cross-functional groups
- Team player with a can-do attitude in a dynamic working environment
Nice-to-haves
- Advance level of software development experience
- Graduate degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science or similar technical discipline or equivalent military experience required
- Knowledge of multi-core / multi-process / multi-threaded programming
- Experience with network packet processing software development, 7 - 10 years
- Experience with application layer protocols such as HTTP, SIP, H.323, DNS, etc
- Experience with and interest to learn other programming languages
- Experience with large-scale and/or high-performance software design and development
- Experience with deep packet inspection engine
- Experience with GoLang
Benefits
- FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
- Mental and financial health resources
- Personalized learning opportunities
