Senior Software Engineer

About Us:
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers including 87 of the Fortune 100 rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. Were driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work:
At Proofpoint youll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate Responsive to feedback challenges and opportunities Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes Visionary in future-focused problem-solving Exceptional in execution and impact.

Corporate Overview

In todays cyber threat landscape protection starts with people. At Proofpoint that simple truth fuels our passion for protecting users the data they create and the systems they rely on from a uniquely people-centric perspective.

And were just as passionate about finding the right people to help us in that mission. When you join Proofpoint youre helping to:

Build and enhance our proven security platform

Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud environment

Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel

Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. Thats why were a leader in next-generation cybersecurityand why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

About the team

The Role Proofpoints Archiving Infrastructure team is looking for a Software Engineer to work remotely out of India initially remote with a hybrid option for the future. Proofpoint Email Archiving is a Software as a Service solution that features a distributed grid search and storage infrastructure. This service-based architecture allows us to scale to meet the needs of hundreds of clients that are among the largest businesses in the world.

We are looking for a software engineer with strong development and infrastructure-as-code (IAC) skills who can help us enhance automate and ensure high availability for the wide range of services provided by our product. You will be a key player in a small team developing enhancements to the archiving product in all areas including web services service discovery RPC communications application functionality data management framework application deployment and scheduling cloud service integration and high availability.

#LifeAtProofpoint as a Senior Software Engineer

• With the team & product management define and refine the requirements of new features and redesign of existing features.
• Design review and build implementations that leverage software infrastructure-as-code automation and cloud services to extend and/or enhance the functionality of the Archiving product.
• Work with other feature teams to ensure their approaches can integrate cleanly into the products software and infrastructure frameworks. Create new frameworks cloud service integrations and automation to enable this work.
• Help to troubleshoot and resolve difficult production problems that can affect out various customers across multiple regions and accounts during working hours.
• Be available for very limited on-call during critical deployment activities.

What you bring to the team

• Experience building core enterprise products/solutions
• Experience with source control (git) and its best practices. Opinions on branching and merge strategies a plus
• Backend design and development skills in core Java and experience with advanced OO concepts/methodologies
• Experience with distributed systems service discovery and RPC
• Experience with containerized services in Kubernetes
• Experience with terraform
• Some Cloud skills: AWS services (S3/ECR/lambda/codepipeline/SSM/IAM)
• Experience with Database programming (MySQL a strong plus)
• Strong communication skills
• Experience with Agile/Scrum
• Flexibility to change approaches and projects when needed
• Previous experience creating security email archiving eDiscovery and/or storage products is a plus
• Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering

How you can stand out

• This role is a blend of traditional software engineering and modern DevOps approaches. While strong traditional development skills are a hard requirement any extra infrastructure cloud service automation and configuration management skills are a plus.
• Some of these nice-to-haves include:
  • Windows / Powershell / Active directory / IIS / Azure
  • Certificate management workflows and integrations
  • Third-party services: apache nginx kafka opensearch rds/mysql sqlite solr/lucene dns
  • EKS skills: podspecs helm scheduling core-dns keda argo launch templates
  • IAC skills: terraform terragrunt codepipeline/codebuild webhooks and pipeline automation
  • Scripting skills: python bash go

Why Proofpoint

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions andthe people who work here are the key a customer-focused and driven-to-win organization with leading-edge productsand many exciting reasons to join our team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. We are a diverse multinational company withopportunities in all functions and leaders that welcome candidates from all walks of life. Apply today and explore your future #LifeAtProofpoint.

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Why Proofpoint At Proofpoint we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons youll love working with us:

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops stretch project assignments and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.

Flexible work environment: Remote options hybrid schedules flexible hours etc..

Annual wellness and community outreach days

Always on recognition for your contributions

Global collaboration and networking opportunities

Our Culture:

Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging empower purpose and drive success-every day for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process please reach out to . How to Apply Interested Submit your application here We cant wait to hear from you!