Principal Software Engineer

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Job Description:

The Elevator Pitch: Why would you enjoy this new opportunity?  
VMware by Broadcom is the leader in datacenter infrastructure, networking and security business, and virtualization software. We empower customers with solutions from the software-defined data center to hybrid cloud computing and the mobile workspace. We have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Engineer on our Security Intelligence Big Data and Analytics team in the Application Networking and Security Business Unit.
A tightly knit and fast paced team, Security Intelligence develops a distributed analytics engine that gives customers real time, actionable insights into their Vsphere security deployments. Security Intelligence is focused on security, with Intrusion Detection, Distributed Firewall, recommendation, and network visualization being some core features.

The Security Intelligence team is growing fast and looking for engineers who share our passion for innovation in the fields of network security, distributed systems, machine learning, and big data visualization to name a few. You'll be working with technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, Apache Druid, Redis, MinIO, Java Spring, Golang, and more to enable our customers to better protect their networks against threats, deliver granular network analytics, and gain datacenter–wide visibility.
You will be part of a talented team of industry experts from across the world. You will be part of a winning team - Security Intelligence won TechTarget’s Best of Show award – Judge’s Choice for Disruptive Technology, in VMWorld. Are you ready for your next great challenge with the Security Intelligence team at VMware by Broadcom?  

Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?

• You will contribute to key pieces of Security Intelligence, including but not limited to crisp network flow visualization, policy recommendation, network threat detection as per MITRE framework, metrics, and health analytics.
• You will analyze and improve performance, scalability, and stability of Security Intelligence when servicing multiple complex queries.
• You will collaborate effectively with other engineers and researchers to solve complex problems.  
• You will work with a global team in different geographical locations and will have a unique opportunity to mentor and grow junior engineers while also developing your leadership skills.
• You will be successfully architecting highly scalable big data platforms within large complex systems to drive significant customer impact.
• You will be driven and passionate about understanding customer needs and crafting high quality solutions to meet those needs.
• You will be an integral part of our Security Intelligence leadership team and a thought leader within Broadcom and the industry.

The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?  

• Lead and drive engineering architecture in the ongoing evolution, growth, and transformation of Security Intelligence
• Be a hands-on architect who will design and develop software architecture for the current and future generation of Security Intelligence.
• Ensure high-quality software and high customer satisfaction.
• Lead and participate in design reviews to build highly scalable and a performant distributed system architecture.
• Deliver technical collateral including technical case studies, best practices guides, whitepapers, and solution reference architecture to drive adoption of VMware by Broadcom’s products.
• Be a respected leader in the company and industry. Establish a strong collaborative culture with peers and other functions within VMware by Broadcom. Promote a culture of success, pride, performance, discipline, and creativity.
• Be an effective spokesperson and champion for Security Intelligence while pushing the envelope in adopting new technologies and best design practices.
• Become a motivated product and industry influencer by maintaining deep technical and business knowledge of various market segments and of best-of-breed network virtualization strategies.
• Work with architects, product management, executives, and other stakeholders to define the technical roadmap for the product in response to customer requirements and market forces.

Who you are: 

• You are a self-starter – you thrive in a fast paced and changing environment.  
• You have strong collaboration skills with a “Team First” mentality. 
• You have technical engineering excellence, innovation in everything you do.  
• You have a “Growth” mindset in tackling problems and creating great solutions.   
• You have a Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in developing distributed, multi-tier enterprise applications. 
• Solid knowledge of OOP concepts, object/data modeling, and data structures. 
• Deep working knowledge/expertise in Java.
• Background in Relational Databases and NOSQL Databases.
• Research, prototype, and implement complex architectures in large scaled distributed systems -performance, scale, software layering, maintainability, and future flexibility – with enterprise-grade capability.
• Performance Analysis and Optimization in Big Data processing. 
• Golang experience.
• Experience with Spring and SpringBoot
• Exposure to firewall and end-point security concepts (nice-to-have).
• Exposure to virtualization technologies, centralized networking, SDN, and security management.

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?  

The hiring manager for this role is Sunitha Krishna, Manager, ANS Business Unit. She leads the charter Security Intelligence product and is passionate about building solutions for security policy management, analytics, and compliance with data center–wide visibility. She is part of the core team since inception and has submitted several patents in the US Patent Office.

Prior to Broadcom, she has worked at Cisco on embedded software for Cisco switches, written software for multi-blade highly available carrier grade communication systems and DSP-based video recording and streaming platform.

Her management philosophy is to create an inclusive work environment where people can achieve their best results and career goals. She does this by building a team of self-starters who support and help one another. She enables her team to focus on the most impactful tasks while providing guidance for employees to grow.

Where is this role located?
This role is located at Broadcom Palo Alto office in the US.

Additional Job Description:

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $126,000  - $210,000

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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