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Corelight, Inc

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Remote
3 Locations
125K-153K Annually
Mid level
Remote
3 Locations
125K-153K Annually
Mid level
As an SDET, you will design and improve test frameworks for network security products, ensuring quality through metrics and collaboration with developers.
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Do you want to help make the world safe from cyber attack? 
At Corelight, we believe that the best approach to cybersecurity risk starts with the network.  Attackers can evade endpoint detection, firewalls and many other technologies - but they can’t avoid leaving digital footprints on the networks they traverse.  Built on open-source innovations from Zeek, Suricata and YARA and refined through years of real-world use,  Corelight transforms network footprints from physical, virtual and cloud networks into actionable insights.   Our customers use these insights to speed incident response, proactively hunt for threats and stay in compliance with cybersecurity regulations. 

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Corelight, you will utilize your strong network security and development skills to design, develop and utilize test frameworks, test tools, and automation. You will define, implement, and analyze metrics to determine test effectiveness and the overall quality of software. This position requires collaborating with the product developers, build and devop engineers developers to ensure the tools you create and maintain support to the full team. The ideal candidate will look to reuse and adapt modern solutions from the security, network, infrastructure and SQA communities.

 Role includes:

  • Be the software testing expert in an Agile scrum team. 

  • Design and implement system testing suites for network security products.

  • Responsible for entire system testing process including analysis, design and executing test plans and cases

  • Develop tools to setup/mimic customer environments to triage defects

  • Sensor and logging Infrastructure setup and certification in various cloud environments

  • Corelight cloud sensor deployment test and setup in AWS and GCP 

Requirements

  • 1+ years professional experience creating test automation frameworks and tool

  • 2+ years network security experience

  • 3+ years professional coding experience in Python

  • Pytest, Behave or equivalent testing tool experience in another programming environment

  • Proficiency with logging, data and event management solutions: Splunk, Elastic/ELK, Kafka.

  • Proficiency with Virtual (VMware) or Cloud (AWS, GCE, Azure)

  • Professional coding experience in Python/Go for test automation, internal tooling and product code review. 

  • Experience Kubernetes, Docker or Container ecosystems experience.

  • Expertise in Linux usage including setup/configuration, operation and monitoring system behavior and performance.

Preferred Experiences

  • Some performance/ scalability / reliability (PSR) testing is also preferred (e.g. JMeter); Ixia or Spirent traffic generators experience

  • Authentication and authorization integration testing; specifically Kerberos & Active Directory; access control list (ACL)

Today, Corelight is the fastest growing network detection and response platform in the industry, trusted to protect mission-critical assets in leading enterprises, government agencies, and research institutions worldwide.    We are leading the way with AI-assisted workflows, machine learning models, cloud security and SaaS-based solutions to arm defenders with the tools and knowledge they need to disrupt cyber attacks.    Our team of passionate innovators are dedicated to solving some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture.   At Corelight, we are proud of our diversity of background and thought, and we’re united by our strong shared culture and the values we live by every day.
We are proud of our culture and values - driving diversity of background and thought, low-ego results, applied curiosity and tireless service to our customers and community.  Corelight is committed to a geographically dispersed yet connected employee base with employees working from home and office locations around the world.  Fueled by an accelerating revenue stream, and investments from top-tier venture capital organizations such as Crowdstrike, Accel and Insight - we are rapidly expanding our team.  

We are looking forward to meeting you.  Check us out at www.corelight.com


Notice of Pay Transparency:
The compensation for this position may vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. Depending on the nature and seniority of the role, a percentage of compensation may come in the form of a commission-based or discretionary bonus. Equity and additional benefits will also be awarded.

Compensation Range

$125,000$153,000 USD

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Behave
Docker
Elastic/Elk
Gce
Kafka
Kubernetes
Pytest
Python
Splunk
VMware

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