Junior R & D Software Engineer

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 have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer on our Security Intelligence team in the Application Networking and Security (ANS) division.

A tightly knit and fast paced team, Security Intelligence develops a distributed analytics engine that gives customers real time, actionable insights into their VCF deployments. Security Intelligence is focused on security, with Distributed Firewall recommendation, network traffic anomalies detection and network flows visualization and monitoring being some core features.

We are looking for engineers who share our passion for innovation in the fields of network security, distributed systems, machine learning, and big data visualization. You'll be working on Kubernetes based platform with technologies like Kafka, Apache Druid, Spark, Redis, MinIO built with Java Spring/Golang framework to enable our customers to better protect their networks against threats, deliver granular network analytics, and gain datacenter–wide visibility.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience with data pipeline configuration, API development in distributed, containerized micro-service architecture all while contributing to high-impact projects. Are you ready for your next great challenge with the Security Intelligence team?

Success in the Role:

• Be a hands-on engineer who will design and develop software and highly performant features for Security Intelligence
• Participate in design and code reviews to build highly scalable and a performant distributed system architecture.
• Thrive in a strong collaborative culture with peers and other functions within VMware by Broadcom.
• Be motivated and detail-oriented Entry-Level Developer to join our global and dynamic team.

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

• You will contribute to key pieces of Security Intelligence, including but not limited to network flows and application visualization and monitoring, policy recommendation, network traffic anomalies detection.
• You will analyze and improve performance, scalability, and stability of the above big data applications that ingest and process terabytes of data.
• You will be driven and passionate about understanding customer needs and crafting high quality solutions to meet those needs.
• Develop secure data access APIs to ensure the integrity and privacy of customer information.
• You will help implement scalable recommendation pipelines and API services using Java, with SQL and NoSQL storage backends
• You will enhance and extend system components in Java and GoLang.
• You will deploy and automate in Kubernetes Environments using Docker and Helm, enabling seamless integration, automation, and scaling of Intelligence applications
• You will equip customer-facing teams with technical expertise to enhance product understanding and support.

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.
• A strong problem-solving mindset and an eagerness to research and implement new solutions.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• You have a Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Some demonstrable experience with distributed systems
• Familiarity with data concepts and a desire to learn about data pipelines and APIs.
• Solid knowledge of OOP concepts, object/data modeling, and data structures.
• Working knowledge in Java and some proficiency in Golang.
• Demonstrable understanding of Relational Databases and/or NOSQL Databases.
• Experience with Spring and SpringBoot
• Some exposure to any of Druid, Kafka, Spark, Postgres
• Exposure to firewall and end-point security concepts
• Exposure to virtualization technologies.

Education/Experience

Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Engineering and 2+ years related experience or Masters degree in Computer Science / Engineering and no experience required.

Where is this role located?

This role is located at Palo Alto office in United States of America.