Sr. Staff Engineer, Cloud Firewall
About The Position
Netskope Cloud Firewall provides Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) for egress network traffic in SASE architectures. It connects users and branch offices to NewEdge, Netskope’s private security cloud, to secure connections in transit while reducing operational overhead compared with legacy hardware. The Sr. Staff Engineer will help design, develop, and support performant, scalable cloud systems and services that process network packets at cloud scale. The role also contributes to automated test infrastructure and CI/CD integration for the core system. The engineer works with service development teams, product management, and support to ensure services and their dependencies remain scalable, supportable, and available, and resolves customer issues to improve response times and satisfaction. The role also evaluates open-source technologies and contributes ideas to the open-source community.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of relevant industry experience; a repeated qualifications section specifies at least 10 years.
- Experience with data packet- and flow-based forwarding, firewalls, and tunneling protocols.
- Experience with one or more of VPP, OFP, or Quagga.
- Experience building cloud products, including IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS.
- Knowledge of network and application firewall technologies such as NAT, IPsec, and IPS.
- Knowledge of CI/CD, including Jenkins or Spinnaker.
- Strong C and Linux programming skills, including data structures, auto-scaling, and performance; a repeated qualifications section also lists C/C++.
- Experience programming in Python.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- BSCS or equivalent required.
Nice To Haves
- OVS experience.
- Knowledge of virtualization, NFVs, VMs, containers, and Kubernetes.
- MSCS or equivalent is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support high-performance, scalable cloud systems and services.
- Work with service development teams, product management, and support to keep services and dependencies scalable, supportable, and available.
- Resolve customer issues quickly to improve response times and customer satisfaction.
- Evaluate open-source technologies, select appropriate solutions, and contribute ideas to the open-source community.
- Help build automated test infrastructure and CI/CD integration for the core system.
Benefits
- Candidates may be eligible to participate in a bonus plan for non-sales roles.
- Candidates may be eligible for a stock award program.
- Candidates may be eligible for a comprehensive health plan and other benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
