[Remote] Security Software Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity, dedicated to safeguarding the digital world. They are seeking a Security Software Engineer to build and maintain systems that support threat research and analysis against advanced malware and intrusion techniques.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and support changes to our Threat Analysis environment
- Analyze needs and create and support internal tools where appropriate
- Support a team researching new and past threats, including malware, exploit kits, and vulnerabilities
Skills
- Experience with network traffic inspection tools, such as Wireshark, tcpdump, Moloch, etc
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies, such as VMware products, VirtualBox, KVM, etc
- Experience with one or more scripting languages
- Experience with regular expressions/PCRE
- Creativity, enthusiasm for the network threat space, and a willingness to collaborate with the team
- Must be able to work under broad strategic guidance
- Experience building web applications
- RESTful API design and implementation
- Database experience (PostgreSQL, ES, or MongoDB)
- Data pipeline and ETL experience
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Lua and Python proficiency preferred
- React preferred
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career success on your terms
- Flexible work environment
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
- Variable compensation and/or equity
- Flexible time off
- A comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year
- A three-week Work from Anywhere option
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