Monday, January 24, 2011

[KITlist-Tech] Principal Engineer (Security, Networking, Database) (San Francisco, CA)

 


Please direct your responses to: mike@silverkeyinc.com

Hello -

I am looking for a senior level engineer ... someone who can mentor and lead.

The background I need is multi-threaded, high-volume platforms either from security, database or networking.

The Principal Engineer provides technical leadership to a team of talented and experienced software engineers, designing and developing innovative software, while ensuring that best practices in software engineering are being used by the team. The successful candidate must be able to work with Product Management and Customer Support to ensure that features and defects are being addressed properly. This person should also have excellent verbal and written communications skills and a strong analytical mind.

Our ideal candidate has a strong networking background, preferably with work experience in network security or network administration.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide technical leadership for software development of our products

Responsible for design of new features and integration with overall product architecture

Represent our products on the architecture committee

Ensure that the best software development processes are being used consistently

Develop software components and set the highest standards of speed and quality

Interact with QA regularly to ensure that new features can be easily tested and that handoffs to QA are happening regularly and effectively

Mentor junior engineers and encourage training of all engineers in internal technologies and external technologies

Interact with customers on high-profile issues or feature delivery

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

BS or equivalent experience

10+ years experience, with hands-on development of a TCP/IP networking engine, such as a firewall, IDS, sniffer, packet analyzer or vulnerability scanner

Strong C/C++ coding skills

Strong Unix/Linux development skills, including gcc and gdb

Experience with scripting: shell, Perl, Python, etc.

Experience with VMWare, Xen or other hypervisors

Experience in the security or networking space a plus

Team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Please send your resume to: mike@silverkeyinc.com

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