What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Firewall Embedded System Software Engineer position at Ledgent Technology?
Overview:
We are seeking a skilled Staff Firewall Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize enterprise Firewall products, ensuring robust network security and efficient traffic management. In this hands-on role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to bring features from concept to completion, ensuring high standards of performance, reliability, and safety. You will be involved in every stage of the product life cycle, including development, manufacture, and maintenance and so on.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the design and development of industry-leading firewall projects.
- Research, investigate, and define new areas of technology to enhance existing firewall products or explore new product directions; re-evaluate the design and implementation of current source code.
- Develop a robust security framework that covers all aspects of the SASE/SSE solution, including data protection, identity management, and threat detection.
- Instrumental in product road map realization.
- Participate in functional specification, design, and code reviews.
- Develop functional specifications and design documents by collaborating with stakeholders.
- Responsible for optimization of switch performance and stability.
- Implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve manufacturing processes, including maintain flow charts, develop manufacture software, identify and fix issues, and make improvements and so on.
- Work closely with hardware team to deliver high quality products.
- Responsible for identifying and fixing bugs prior to software release.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Implement software features of high quality and on schedule.
- Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and QA engineers, to deliver unparalleled user experiences.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
- Conduct meticulous code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers, ensuring strict adherence to coding standards and industry best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience.
- Proficiency in embedded software programming skills with C/C language.
- Good understanding in security products & technologies like Content Filtering (IP/URL), IPS/IDS, Sandbox, Anti-virus, TLS Inspection, and Zero Trust.
- Deep knowledge of SSE/SASE, SD-WAN, and Zero Trust Architecture.
- Proficiency in technology of DPDK, L7filter, iptables, netfilter.
- Strong grasp of Cloud, containers, microservices, and NFV.
- Deep knowledge of network security protocols (e.g., IPsec, SSL/TLS, VPN) and packet filtering techniques.
- Knowledge of general QA procedures and methodologies as well as software development fundamentals.
- Experience in analyzing crash logs, stack trace, faults by utilizing basic debugging techniques.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Highly motivated, positive, detail oriented and responsible.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior software development experience on firewall products.
- Proficiency in optimizing next-generation firewall forwarding performance.
- CCIE or CCNP in Security, ISSAP, or CSSLP certification.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.
