Senior Engineer, Software Development
Volterra
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
As a member of the Firewall team, you’ll be responsible for designing & developing features and components of highly scalable, distributed and high performing carrier grade software solutions that ensure private, secure communications. You are also responsible for supporting the customers by resolving the issues reported and providing maintenance releases as needed. Working very closely with architects, leads, cross-functional teams and other stakeholders, you will strengthen F5’s security technology offerings.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, implement, unit test components of F5’s Firewall (DPI, NAT, DOS)
- Build tools and infrastructure to improve these F5’s components and features.
- Set an example of software design and development innovation and excellence.
- Research, investigate and define new areas of technology to enhance existing or new products directions
- Evaluate performance of products to fine tune, refactor the design as per the requirements to scale up.
- Document software designs via functional specifications and other design documents
- Conduct presentations internal and external, mentoring the team members
- May participate in hiring and onboarding process
- Collaborate with team members and technical leads
- Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Essential
- Deep understanding of data structures & algorithm.
- Expert in C, C++.
- Fair understanding of scripting languages Python and Javascript
- Expertise in linux user level programming an d exposure to Linux networking stack.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Fair understanding of Network security and Firewall modules
- Good Understanding of networking technologies and OS internals.
Nice-to-have
- Prior experience developing Firewall modules is a Plus.
- Fair understanding of network protocols like TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, FTP etc.
- Experience with CI/CD (git, pipeline etc.).
Qualifications
- Requires a minimum of 9 - 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor of Engineering in ECE/Computers or 8 years experience with ME/MTech in ECE/Computers.
- Excellent organizational agility and interpersonal skills throughout the organization.
- Ability to work flexible hours for better collaboration with International teams.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.