Fortinet Principal Software Developer Engineer 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

185335145

As a Principal Software Developer Engineer, you will:

• Develop and maintain software components on current and future products
• Take responsibility for developing networking-related features for the FortiSwitch Virtual Machine (FSW-VM) product line and the Marvell CPSS SDK work for both VM and hardware.
• Be hands on in bug fixing in current products
• Implement software features of high quality and on schedule
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Work closely with hardware teams for features which directly translate to hardware platforms

We Are Looking For:

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in Networking related software development
• B.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering; M.S. preferred
• Strong C/C++ experience in Unix/Linux environment is essential
• Strong knowledge of Linux kernel programming, including system calls and custom device drivers
• Experience with Marvell switching ASICs and SDKs in Ethernet switches/routers.
• Experience in developing applications running in a Virtualization environment (KVM & VMware)
• Experience with multi process/thread programming environment
• Experience in implementing L2/L3 features such as STP, RSTP, RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, LACP, LLDP, QOS, Private VLAN, LAG
• Knowledge of TCP/IP networking, firewalls, switching and routing
• Familiarity with system installations, configurations, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of general QA procedures and methodologies as well as software development fundamentals
• Knowledge of scripting languages: Shell and Python a plus
• Experience with firewalls and embedded systems is a plus
• Knowledge of Linux kernel and driver development is plus