Principal SW Engineer - Data Acquisition

Principal Software Engineer

Gigamon provides an intelligent Visibility Fabric™ architecture for enterprises, data centers and service providers around the globe. Our technology empowers infrastructure architects, managers and operators with pervasive and dynamic intelligent visibility of traffic across both physical and virtual environments without affecting the performance or stability of the production network.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, prototype and implement new capabilities for the virtual monitoring fabric. The ideal candidate will show industry experience in developing innovative solutions for data path programming in private and public cloud environments. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in highly-collaborative, fast-paced start-up environment.

What You'll Do:

• Design and implement data path and control path logic to support scalable deep observability solutions.
• Build and optimize the solutions for VMs and containers (Docker, Kubernetes) platforms.
• Develop secure, scalable software using C, C++, and Python, adhering to secure coding standards.
• Architect modular, extensible systems with a strong emphasis on scale and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end to end solutions to customers.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical strategy and roadmap planning.

What You've Done:

• Expert-level proficiency in C, C++ and python for systems programming.
• Deep understanding of Data path, networking subsystems Netfilters, eBPF, TC, network drivers.
• Strong grasp of virtualization technologies (KVM, VMware, Hyper-V) and containers.
• Good understanding networking concepts and exposer to basic network debug tools.
• Familiarity with orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes, with ability to deploy and manage observability agents.
• Proven application of secure coding practices.

Who You Are:

• BSEE/CS with minimum 15+ years of experience.
• High-level understanding of system design, modular architecture, and performance optimization.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience leading cross-functional initiatives.