ExtraHop is on a mission to protect and propagate trust by revealing the cybertruth: the truth about the attackers already inside an organization’s network, the truth about what they’re doing, and how to stop them at top speed. We partner with every customer, every day, to reveal it. Are you ready to join us?

Who are we?

We are ExtraHop. We’re on a mission to provide security teams with the intelligence they need to confront and stop advanced threats like supply chain attacks, zero day exploits, and ransomware attacks. Attackers still have the advantage. We’re taking it back with creativity, intellectual curiosity, and a sense of humor. Are you ready to help us reclaim the upper hand?

Who are you?

Do you like securing complex networks? Want to be a part of a collaborative team that builds solutions that protect some of the biggest networks in the world? ExtraHop is seeking a Software Engineer 3 | Security experienced with modern software development and infrastructure-as-code practices to build and operate the tools, pipelines, and lab infrastructure that allow us to keep pace with a rapidly changing landscape and deliver actionable insights to our customers at lightning speed.

We're looking for candidates with a mix of software development and DevOps experience, who enjoy working in a collaborative environment and building tools to help developers and threat researchers work faster, smarter, and more efficiently.

You must have experience developing software tools in a collaborative setting, deploying to cloud environments, and developing IaC blueprints for modular, reusable environments using Infrastructure-as-Code, distributed source control, virtualization and container technologies.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support Threat Research and Detection Engineering teams by providing tools and automation to accelerate Research & Development.
• Develop and maintain a scalable research lab using modern Infrastructure-as-Code and Cloud-based technologies
• Develop and maintain internal systems, including but not limited to:
• Software deployment pipelines supporting continuous software delivery
• Pipelines for ingestion of new network identifiers to enable fingerprinting of device, software, and cloud services
• Central detection engineering metadata repository
• Continuous Testing and Validation pipelines 
• Work with a collaborative, dedicated and seasoned team of engineers

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or information technology
• Solid understanding of the OSI model and excellent working knowledge of the key protocols from Layer 2 through Layer 7 including ARP, IP, TCP, UDP, and HTTP
• Solid knowledge of Git, Python, Terraform, Ansible, and the use of scripting in support of CI/CD pipelines. 
• Ability to work in a shared code repository while maintaining existing coding standards
• Experience deploying and maintaining systems using modern Orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies
• Experience working with container-based environments (Docker, LXC, etc)
• Experience using and managing virtual infrastructure for VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, and/or KVM.
• Experience with Azure and AWS cloud platforms
• Experience building scalable, performant, and cost-effective cloud-based systems

Desired Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of Threat Research and/or Detection Engineering disciplines, for example:
• Experience using tools such as wireshark, tcpdump, tcpreplay
• Experience simulating malicious threats in an isolated environment and documenting outcomes
• Experience developing network-based detections based on indicators of compromise
• Experience working in an agile or Scaled-agile environment

All R&D Employees will be required to attend 2 mandatory in-person events every year of approx. 4 days duration.

$125,130 - $163,982 + bonus + benefits

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.  We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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