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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Software Engineer
Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-11-24
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.
Sourcefire, Inc. is looking for a Systems/OEM Engineer to join our highly
talented and rapidly expanding team in our Headquarters in Columbia, Maryland.
The primary responsibilities of the engineer are:
* Troubleshooting and isolating Snort bugs seen by customers and open
source users
* Fixing problems in Snort
* Creating unit test cases to verify fixes
* Performing unit and regression tests on Snort
* Interacting with the Snort development team for assistance in fixing
problems and ensuring fixes are included in future releases
* Interacting with QA to ensure that tests are included in future
regression test suites
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Skills required include:
* Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent)
* 2+ years of experience with C
* Experience with Snort & Linux
* Basic Unix system administration skills
* TCP/IP networking experience
* Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
* Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
* Ability to learn new skills and apply them quickly
* Ability to work with legacy code to fix problems
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
In addition, the following skills are desired:
* Knowledge of traffic generation and IDS testing methodologies
* Experience with other IDS products
* Experience with network security tools such as nmap, tcpreplay,
nessus, ethereal, and tcpdump
* Prior experience as part of a software development team
* Prior experience working on an open source project
* Knowledge of network security concepts
* Windows, Solaris, BSD development experience
CONTACT
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You can learn more information on Snort at www.snort.org
Please apply online at our career center:
http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/onlinejobs/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=128291&company_id=15640&version=1&jobboardid=488
SourceFire is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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