Staff Engineer, Security Efficacy

About Netskope

Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security. 

Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Melbourne, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events (pre and hopefully post-Covid) and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive. Visit us at Netskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@Netskope.

About the role

Please note, this team is hiring across all levels and candidates are individually assessed and appropriately leveled based upon their skills and experience.

The Security Services organization is responsible for building core security products and features, such as Data Loss Prevention, IPS, Malware and Threat Prevention, Cloud Confidence Index, and Breach and Anomaly Detection. We apply Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies across the Netskope cloud security platform. As part of the Security Services org, the Security Efficacy team is responsible for continuous enhancement and enrichment of our malware detection, URL filtering, web security, IPS, threat modeling, and SaaS/IaaS security capabilities.

What’s in it for you

As a member of the Security Efficacy team you will play a key role in the design, development and operation of the security services that power the Netskope Security Cloud. You will work across development, research and product management teams to craft innovative solutions to the most challenging problems our customers face, and use your passion for and expertise in threat protection, malware detection, web security and network security to help drive the continued evolution of our market-leading products. If you live and breathe cloud security the way we do, we would like to hear from you. 

What you will be doing

• Designing and developing state-of-the-art security solutions to detect threats traversing  a network.

• Working with Threat Researchers to understand the threat landscape and build next-generation, cloud-based inline security solutions.

• Developing and maintaining inline datapath components, and ensuring scalability and optimal performance.

• Helping transfer POCs to automatic components and processes in production.

• Building scalable, stable production systems and services.

• Working closely with Data Scientists, Threat Researchers, other Software Engineers, and QE Engineers to ensure our solutions deliver continuous value to customers.

Required skills and experience

• 8+ years of relevant security industry experience

• Experience developing network layer parsers to decode application protocols, and software for IPS/IDS firewall is highly desirable.

• Good development experience with C/C++ 

• Knowledge of and experience coding in Python and Rust 

• Experience with HTTP, web proxies, and TCP/IP networking.

• A strong networking background, including knowledge of Unix/Linux environments, web protocols, and web applications.

• Experience optimizing and scaling systems performance is highly desirable.

• An energetic self-starter with the drive to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• The ability to think outside the box and evaluate results based on customer requirements.

• The ability to influence without authority.

Education

• BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred

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