Security Software Engineer

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

Requirements:

• 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