Senior Software Systems Engineer – Network Detection and Response (NDR)

OpenCV

Software Systems Engineer building services for network detection and response at Open Systems. Collaborating with teams to enhance security posture across global customer networks.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeZürich • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoLinuxPerlPythonRustUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and operate services that detect, analyze, and help contain threats across customer networks worldwide.
Contribute across the full lifecycle, from concept and implementation to deployment, operations, and continuous optimization.
Work on capabilities such as: IDS/IPS integration and tuning, network anomaly and behavioral detection, threat correlation and signal quality improvements, automation of response and remediation workflows, observability, monitoring, and reliability of NDR services.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Higher education (ETH, university, FH) in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
2+ years of professional experience in a related engineering role
Practical experience with NDR tooling and IDS/IPS technologies (for example Suricata, Zeek, Snort)
Experience with Linux or another UNIX-based operating system
Strong software engineering skills with scripting languages (for example Bash, Python, Perl) and compiled languages (for example Go, Rust, C++, C#)
Familiarity with software and system testing practices
Proficiency in English

Benefits

Comp & perks

Impact at scale : your work helps secure global customer environments with high availability and low operational friction.
Ownership end-to-end : you design, build, deploy, and operate what you create.
Strong engineering culture : you collaborate with skilled peers across network, security, and platform domains.
Growth opportunities : in addition to your development work, you can become certified as a Mission Control Engineer, expanding your expertise in networking and security and gaining the opportunity for a 3-month deployment at our Network Operations Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Hard Skills & Tools

NDR toolingIDSIPSLinuxBashPythonPerlGoRustC++

Soft Skills

software engineeringproblem-solvingcommunication