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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Software Engineer
Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2008-07-31
Sourcefire, Inc., the world leader in intrusion prevention, is transforming the way organizations manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover, Determine, Defend - to securing real networks in real-time. The company's ground-breaking network defense system unifies intrusion and vulnerability management technologies to provide customers with the most effective network security available. Founded in 2001 by the creator of SnortB., Sourcefire is headquartered in Columbia, MD and has been significantly recognized for its ability to lead and innovate by customers, media, and industry analysts - with more than 16 awards and accolades since January 2005.B Most recently, the company was listed in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System Appliances" report and the Sourcefire 3D System was named "Best Security Solution" at the 2006 SC Magazine Awards. At work in leading Fortune 1000 and government agencies, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and intelligence in network security.
We are looking for a Performance Test Lead who will be responsible for conducting performance testing and network configuration.
You will be responsible for developing and automating a variety of performance tests.
You will work closely with existing development teams to identify, diagnose, report on and resolve performance problems. And you must be comfortable working with hardware, i.e. racking equipment, installing and/or reconfiguring system components.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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The chosen candidate must have strong UNIX, network background and experience with performance testing, preferably.
Spirent or Ixia test gear.
They will need to understand networking from a practical, e.g. configuring a cisco switch, configuring a network and a theoretical, e.g. understanding tcp/ip, perspective.
At least 3 years experience with performance testing/network configuration and setup
Experience using Spirent Smartbits test hardware and software
Experience using Spirent Avalanche and Reflector test hardware and software
Experience setting up and configuring networks and network hardware (cisco switches, linux hosts, etc...)
Programming ability (preferably tcl for use with Spirent performance testing software, and perl).
Experience using Linux/UNIX command line tools/shell scripting
Comfortable working with hardware (Racking equipment, installing and/or reconfiguring hard drives, processors, memory, and network cards)
Strong troubleshooting skills
Strong communication/documentation skills.
Desirable experience-
Experience optimizing systems for performance (BIOS settings, kernel changes, etc...)
CONTACT
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You can learn more information on Snort at http://www.snort.org
Please apply online at our career center:
http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=264520&company_id=15640&jobboardid=488
SourceFire is an Equal Opportunity Employer
****No Agencies Please*****
Sourcefire Inc.
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