Senior Software Development Engineer - Malware Engineering

About Zscaler

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so that customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is the company’s cloud-native platform that protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

With more than 10 years of experience developing, operating, and scaling the cloud, Zscaler serves thousands of enterprise customers around the world, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 organizations. In addition to protecting customers from damaging threats, such as ransomware and data exfiltration, it helps them slash costs, reduce complexity, and improve the user experience by eliminating stacks of latency-creating gateway appliances. 

Zscaler was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. Zscaler’s purpose-built security platform puts a company’s defenses and controls where the connections occur—the internet—so that every connection is fast and secure, no matter how or where users connect or where their applications and workloads reside.

• Zscaler is looking for a senior/staff engineer with strong experience in analysing and deconstructing the malware.
• You will be part of the core security team that develops security features for zscaler cloud for a large customer base, constantly having security, quality, and monitoring in mind. Specifically, you will work on product integration as well as the development of tools and management infrastructure.  
• This position will also be responsible for analyzing samples for malware threats at scale through in-depth log analysis and malware behavioral and help to develop security features much more secure to block the malware.  
• Work with Operations and Support (when needed) to support software deployment to keep the cloud healthy.

• 5-8 years experience and proficiency in Software Development for cyber security domain. 
• Building Software to detect and block Malware.Strong Programming experience with Java or Python or Golang.Strong experience in analyzing and deconstructing Malware.
• Good to have knowledge in Algorithms and Data Structures
• Good to have knowledge in Windows OS internal
• Understanding of fundamental networking concepts, including TCP/IP, HTTP(S) will be a plus.Strong software design, profiling and verification skills.
• Good to have understanding of distributed system
• Very good debugging and troubleshooting skills.Experience developing large, maintainable software product architectures.
• Experience in malware detection, application security, data protection preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Self-starter takes initiative & ownership, identifies and completes tasks; goal driven.
• Ability to work with remote teams, handle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

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