[Hiring] NDR Senior Engineer @Arista Networks

Role Description

This role involves developing and maintaining software that parses network traffic for the purpose of extracting key features for threat analysis.

• Improve the speed, quality, and ease of use of the parser infrastructure.
• Work with data consumers to define which features to extract from network traffic.
• Discuss general requirements with others and help to define specifications to satisfy those requirements.
• Lead on individual tasks, with review and feedback from others.
• Make suggestions for more general improvements that involve multiple product components, not just the traffic parser.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with the Haskell programming language, including widely-used libraries and styles of functional programming.
• Understanding of multi-threaded programming for both concurrency and parallelism.

Preferred

• Understanding of machine-level efficiency issues including high core-count computer systems, memory caching, and NUMA.
• Some ability to read assembly language.
• Some knowledge of C and the Haskell FFI.
• Familiarity with Linux systems.
• Familiarity with Nix package management and the Nix language.
• Knowledge of the Rust programming language is not required but would likely be beneficial.

Values

• We value compassion: Our mission is one of service to others, whether that is protecting our customers from harm or empowering other developers to do work they are proud of.
• We value humility: We accept the sobering reality that we as humans make mistakes, forget things easily, and have over-inflated confidence in our grasp of complexity.
• We value reliability: We believe that software should free people to do their most creative work, valuing low maintenance software and technology that empowers us to write it.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with RSU grant.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision.
• 401k with company match.
• Flexible vacation.
• Flexible work hours and paternity/maternity leave.