Netwitness Architect / Distinguished Engineer

Role Overview:
As a Senior Architect (Senior Principal Engineer) at NetWitness, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and technology strategy for our hybrid cloud and on-premise products. You will leverage your extensive experience in microservices design and backend services to drive innovation, lead complex projects, and mentor junior engineers. This role involves a balance of coding, product architecture, and research, with a focus on developing robust, scalable solutions and staying ahead of industry trends.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coding (30-40%): Engage in hands-on coding to address complex challenges and build scalable solutions using Java/Python.
• Product Architecture (40-50%): Design and oversee the architecture for hybrid cloud and on-premise products, ensuring they are resilient, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Microservices Design: Lead the design and implementation of microservices architectures, ensuring modularity, scalability, and ease of integration.
• Research (20%): Conduct research to drive technological innovation and maintain industry leadership. Contribute to technical papers, patents, and thought leadership.
• Leadership: Provide technology leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting a high-performance engineering culture.
• Communication: Communicate effectively with higher management to align technical strategies with business goals. Handle challenging conversations with professionalism.
• Security: Integrate security principles into your work. Experience in cybersecurity product development is a plus.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 20+ years in technology with a strong background in backend services architecture, including hybrid cloud and on-premise product development.
• Technical Expertise: Extensive experience in microservices design and implementation. Proven track record of technical leadership, including patents or technical papers in journals.
• Research & Development: Demonstrated ability to conduct research and contribute to innovative technology.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication abilities, with experience in engaging with senior leadership and influencing decision-making.
• Mentorship: Proven capability to mentor and develop junior engineers.
• Project Experience: Extensive experience in leading complex projects with a focus on hybrid cloud and on-premise environments.
• Bonus: Experience in data science, analytics, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs). Familiarity with cybersecurity product development and endpoint/UEBA is advantageous.

Core Skills:

1. Technical Architecture & Design

• Expertise in designing and developing event-driven architectures and distributed systems using C/C++ or Java and scripting languages (Python, Typescript, etc).
• Experience with microservices and cloud-native architectures on platforms like AWS, integrating with systems that require low-latency data processing.
• Proficiency in multithreading, memory management, and performance tuning in C/C++ or Java for high-performance security systems.

1. Security Domain Expertise

• Deep understanding of SIEM, UEBA, and NDR/EDR technologies.
• Knowledge of malware analysis, network traffic monitoring, and behavioral analytics, particularly in the context of real-time threat detection using event-driven patterns.
• Familiarity with encryption, PKI, and HSM technologies to ensure data integrity and compliance with security standards like NIST and GDPR.

1. Integration & API Design

• Experience building pluggable systems and REST APIs to support third-party integrations.
• Knowledge of asynchronous data streaming and messaging protocols for real-time data exchange, especially in event-driven environments using technologies like Kafka and RabbitMQ.

1. Programming Languages & Frameworks

• Proficiency in C/C++ or Java, and scripting languages like Python, with hands-on experience in building high-performance, event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with Spring Boot and other Java-based frameworks for building distributed microservices.

1. Cloud & DevOps

• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices to ensure seamless deployments and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with distributed databases such as DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, and event-driven data processing.

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