Principal Engineer Software (NGFW) - NetSec

Your Career

• Responsible for development of NextGen Network Security Components and Protocols for State-of-the-art firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments.
• Lead the development of L2-L4 network security features, including stateful TCP/UDP inspection, across both hardware and virtual platforms.
• Develop scalable flow architecture for packet processing pipeline using DPDK for multi-core platforms and interface with ASIC functions.
• Develop scalable software solutions for a distributed session architecture spanning across a cluster of firewalls.
• Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner;
• Work with multi-functional team members on feature requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc
• Product visionary, ideas on competitive edge, Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments

  Qualifications

  Your Experience

• 10+ years of strong experience in C Programming and large scale software development on Unix/Linux.
• Expert in common network protocols such as TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, multicast.
• Expert in data plane technologies like DPDK based packet processing and performance tuning along with packet Latency / Loss analysis.
• Expert in typical network device features like NAT, ALG, DoS Protection.
• Strong experience in packet processing, parsing, networking (L2 -L4) protocols/architecture, Layer-2/Layer-3/Layer-4 packet flow.
• Expert in computer architecture, cybersecurity, distributed systems.
• Good to have experience in using Broadcom/Marvell chips for switching, QoS and interface management
• In-depth understanding of common software vulnerabilities and mitigations.
• In-depth understanding of linux systems.
• Expert C, Python, Shell script programming skills.
• Tech lead experience in networking domains.
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups.
• Strong Experience in C++/JAVA programming and XML/JSON understanding is desirable.
• Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience