Principal Software Engineer

Gigamon

Principal Software Engineer designing advanced security detections for Gigamon's observability solutions. Collaborating across teams to enhance threat visibility and customer security outcomes.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $208,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDNSDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesPythonTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and enhance security detections and analytics for Gigamon security and observability solutions
Translate threat use cases, attack techniques, and customer requirements into robust detection logic, metadata correlations, and product capabilities
Build and optimize software components that process high-volume network, application, and security telemetry with strong focus on scale, accuracy, and performance
Develop detections for suspicious behaviors such as lateral movement, anomalous communications, protocol misuse, risky encrypted traffic patterns, and policy violations
Work across data plane and control plane components to implement, test, and debug features in C, C++, Go, and related technologies as appropriate
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on product requirements, software architecture, design reviews, and validation plans for new security features
Partner with product management and field teams to prioritize detection coverage aligned with customer security outcomes and market needs
Integrate detection workflows with modern security ecosystems, including SIEM, XDR, SOAR, data lake, and cloud-native security platforms
Author functional specifications, design documents, detection content guidance, and operational documentation for internal and customer-facing use
Mentor engineers on secure design, detection engineering practices, troubleshooting, and performance-aware implementation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
Typically 10+ years of experience in software engineering, security engineering, detection engineering, or a closely related domain
Strong hands-on proficiency in one or more systems programming languages such as C, C++, or Go; Python experience for tooling, automation, or analytics is a plus
Deep understanding of network and security protocols, with solid knowledge of areas such as TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS/SSL, DNS, proxy technologies, and modern cloud/network architectures
Experience building or operationalizing security detections for threat hunting, incident response, NDR, IDS/IPS, SIEM, XDR, or related security analytics platforms
Proven ability to convert attacker behaviors, threat intelligence, and detection hypotheses into scalable product features, correlation logic, or analytic content
Experience with high-performance, multi-core, multi-process, or multi-threaded systems and an understanding of performance trade-offs in production software
Familiarity with cloud-native and data pipeline technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and public cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience working with security data models, telemetry normalization, enrichment, or correlation across multiple data sources is highly desirable
Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate complex product, protocol, and customer issues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly across engineering and product teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Certified as a Great Place to Work
Reasonable accommodation for all qualified individuals with disabilities

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++GoPythonnetwork protocolssecurity protocolsdetection engineeringperformance optimizationthreat intelligencedata normalization

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsmentoringcollaborationdebugging skillsdesign reviewsdocumentationcustomer-facing communicationcross-functional teamwork