Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity, dedicated to safeguarding the digital world. They are seeking a Security Software Engineer to build and maintain systems that support threat research and analysis against advanced malware and intrusion techniques.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and support changes to our Threat Analysis environment
• Analyze needs and create and support internal tools where appropriate
• Support a team researching new and past threats, including malware, exploit kits, and vulnerabilities

Skills

• Experience with network traffic inspection tools, such as Wireshark, tcpdump, Moloch, etc
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies, such as VMware products, VirtualBox, KVM, etc
• Experience with one or more scripting languages
• Experience with regular expressions/PCRE
• Creativity, enthusiasm for the network threat space, and a willingness to collaborate with the team
• Must be able to work under broad strategic guidance
• Experience building web applications
• RESTful API design and implementation
• Database experience (PostgreSQL, ES, or MongoDB)
• Data pipeline and ETL experience
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Lua and Python proficiency preferred
• React preferred

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Career success on your terms
• Flexible work environment
• Annual wellness and community outreach days
• Always on recognition for your contributions
• Global collaboration and networking opportunities
• Variable compensation and/or equity
• Flexible time off
• A comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year
• A three-week Work from Anywhere option

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