Principal Software Engineer – NSG Firewall

🕒 May 25

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Sophos

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1985

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-08

Cybersecurity • SaaS

Sophos is a leading cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting businesses against advanced cyber threats. The company offers a comprehensive suite of security solutions, including endpoint protection, managed detection and response (MDR), network security, and cloud security. With a prevention-first approach, Sophos aims to stop ransomware and other cyber threats before they cause harm. Sophos provides services such as threat research, security training, and operational support to ensure robust defense against cyberattacks. Their solutions cater to various industries including finance, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and retail. The Sophos Central platform delivers centralized security management, integrating seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure to enhance security posture.

📋 Description

• Architect, design, and develop products or systems aligned with the technical strategy, delivery timelines, and the quality and functional expectations defined with Product Management. • Define and support unit, system, and integration testing across your own code and the broader product or system; resolve defects, log issues, and assess potential impact on related products or systems. • Conduct and contribute to peer reviews of code, designs, and specifications in collaboration with the Development Lead or Manager. • Manage competing priorities effectively and plan your time to consistently deliver against agreed objectives. • Partner with Test Leads to recommend appropriate and effective testing strategies for the product or system • Review requirement specifications for completeness, identify gaps or ambiguities, and propose alternative approaches to Product Management aligned with business needs. • Drive the adoption of new architectures, technologies, design patterns, and engineering productivity improvements to strengthen quality, reliability, and delivery efficiency across projects or the team. • Recommend improvements to engineering standards and processes across the wider organization and take ownership of assigned implementation areas.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture and cybersecurity, with demonstrated hands-on leadership across business, application, data, and technology domains • 7+ years of experience working with commercial software using C/C++/Golang, Linux system programming, Linux kernel programming • 7+ years of domain experience in networking, routing, switching, network security, cryptography, TCP/IP stack, and application protocols such as DHCP, DNS, LDAP, HTTP, HTTPS, and TLS, along with experience working on virtual and cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMs, high availability • Bachelors or Master of Science in Computer Software, Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience • Great problem solver, quality-driven, self-initiative, creative, adaptive, listener, collaborator • Hands-on experience with Linux kernel networking, including eBPF, XDP, netfilter, iptables, conntrack, and ipset • Hands-on experience with VPN technologies and secure remote access solutions, including IPsec, SSL VPN, and related tunnelling protocols • Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, Kubernetes, Docker, and REST-based technologies • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, code quality, debugging, testing, and documentation

🏖️ Benefits

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. • Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit • Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy • Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities • Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint • Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp • Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge • Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing