Senior Software Engineer - C/C++ , Firewall , Security or Identity domain Knowledge , Networking - 8 to 12 years

Meet the Team

Cisco Next Generation Fire Power Threat Defense (FTD) is the flagship product from Security Business Group (SBG). FTD integrates aware-willing ASA Firewall services and world best and well known IPS engine SNORT in to a high-performance appliance. It is an extremely successful product and continue to lead the market with threat centric focus and market differentiating features. Though we take phenomenal pride in being market leaders in threat security for long time, we are constantly innovating and improving our solutions to address the ever-changing threat perceptions and changing data security paradigms so that our customers are always secured. We take our customers trust in us very seriously and go all the way to ensure we protect their data all times. Team works on leading security and threat mitigation solutions that are hard-working, scalable and easily manageable.

Currently, FTD team in India is looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who can work effectively in a collaborative environment and lead/contribute to the development of our next generation firewall technologies.

Your Impact

• Developing new features and handling the sustenance for Identity portfolio for Next Generation Security Platforms
• You will be responsible for developing new platform capabilities for the Firepower Next Gen Security Platforms.
• You’re extremely motivated Lead Software Engineer and passionate about learning and contributing to the team and the business with "can do" attitude.
• Strong design/programming ethic. Knowledge of designing large-scale systems in C/C++ environments is added advantage.
• Dedication to Quality: Ability to ensure and commit to a higher standard of quality than usual in the face of time to market pressures.
• Strong OS fundamentals and networking concepts is a requirement.
• Good experience in networking and security systems

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ plus years of hands on development experience on C/C++.
• Good with writing distributed platform and system software
• Deep understanding of Linux and network resource management
• You have experience with CPU/Memory Management/IO and Virtualization technologies.
• Prior experience leading platform development activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Networking Products, Identity and access management protocols(LDAP, SAML, OpenID, OAuth)
• Strong C/C++ Programming skills
• Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, good teammate
• Participate in designing and development of New/Existing Functionality in the Product

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