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Sr. Staff Engineer, Cloud Firewall

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Santa Clara, CA, USA
125K-220K Annually
Senior level
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Santa Clara, CA, USA
125K-220K Annually
Senior level
Design, develop, and support high-performance cloud firewall systems and services processing network packets at scale. Collaborate with engineering, product, and support teams to ensure scalability, availability, and supportability. Resolve customer issues, evaluate and contribute to open-source technologies, and build automated testing and CI/CD infrastructure. The role requires extensive experience with firewalls, packet forwarding, tunneling protocols, cloud products, Linux, C/C++, Python, and related networking technologies.
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Join the Future of Security at Netskope

Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK) is a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era. We secure and accelerate cloud, data, and AI in real time, everywhere. Thousands of customers, including more than 30 of the Fortune 100, trust the Netskope One platform, its Zero Trust Engine, and the powerful NewEdge network to gain full visibility and control without performance trade-offs.

At Netskope, our technology is driven by our greatest strength: our people. We believe that belonging powers innovation, and success is both personal and organizational. We embrace differences in gender, ethnicity, beliefs, ability, and identity, creating an environment where every voice is heard and respected. We empower our employees to bring their authentic selves to work, grow their careers through continuous education and mentorship, and lead with transparency and curiosity. Join a team where you belong, where you are encouraged to be an entrepreneur, and where together, we continue to redefine the landscape of security.

Visit Careers at Netskope to learn more. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

About the role

Netskope Cloud Firewall provides Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) for egress network traffic within SASE architectures. By connecting users and branch offices to NewEdge, one of the world's largest and most performant private security clouds, Cloud Firewall secures connections in transit while delivering enhanced security and lower operational overhead compared to legacy hardware.

What's in it for you

You will be a member of a team using state of the art tools and technologies to design, develop and deliver a performant, scalable system that processes network packets at cloud-scale. In addition to design and development of the core system, you will participate in the development of all related automated test infrastructure and CI/CD integration. Your contributions to this effort will be used by thousands of enterprise customers globally. 

What you will be doing

  • Designing, developing, and supporting high-performance, scalable cloud systems and services.
  • Working with other service development teams, product management, and support to keep your services, and the ones they depend on, scalable, supportable, and available.
  • Resolving customer issues quickly to improve response times and customer satisfaction.
  • Evaluating open source technologies, picking the best fit, and contributing ideas back to the open source community.
  • Help build automated test infrastructure and CI/CD integration for the core system.

Required skills and experience

  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience with Data packet/flow based forwarding, Firewalls and tunneling protocols
  • Experience with one or more of VPP, OFP, Quagga. OVS experience is a plus.
  • Experience building cloud products – IAAS, PAAS, SaaS
  • Knowledge of Network and Application firewalls like NAT, IPsec, IPS
  • Knowledge of virtualization, NFVs, VM’s, Containers, Kubernetes is a plus
  • Knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins or Spinnaker
  • Good C / C++ and Linux programming skills including data structure, auto-scaling and performance
  • Experience programming with Python 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

  • BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred

Compensation: 

At Netskope, salary is one component of our competitive total rewards package. The salary range for this position is as listed below. This is a national range. For purposes of complying with applicable laws, the range applies to candidates in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Washington, and other states.

The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, location, and market conditions. 

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the On Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target commission amount at 100% goal achievement.

In addition to salary, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus plan (for non-sales roles) and a stock award program. Candidates may also be eligible for a comprehensive health plan and other benefits that can be reviewed at Netskope Benefits site. 

Salary Range
$124,500—$220,000 USD

Netskope is committed to implementing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Netskope does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran statues, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which we operate.

Netskope respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us, please refer to Netskope's Privacy Policy for more details.

The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days. You may apply by filling out the below information, or visiting our Netskope Careers site.

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