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

Open Systems
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Data analysis
Bash
C Sharp (Programming Language)
Unix
C++
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
Linux
Perl
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Intrusion Detection Systems
Python
Network Security
Software Engineering
Software Systems
System Testing
Rust
Snort (Software)
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Computer Network Operations
System Availability
Containerization
Kubernetes
Information Technology

Job description

Are you an experienced engineer with a passion for Network Detection and Response?

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

As a Software Systems Engineer in the NDR team, you will build and operate services that detect, analyze, and help contain threats across customer networks worldwide. NDR is a core part of Open Systems' managed SASE platform, and your work will directly improve our customers' security posture.

This is a builder-operator role: you will contribute across the full lifecycle, from concept and implementation to deployment, operations, and continuous optimization.

You will 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

What You Bring

For this role, we are looking for people who are passionate about network security, automation, and solving complex problems., * 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.

What We Offer

Want to join a team that enjoys making secure connectivity simple for our customers? You'll be among people who believe in:

Caring PASSIONATELY about keeping our customers safe - We're dedicated to solving problems. Whatever it takes.

Thinking UNCONVENTIONALLY to stay ahead - The world never fails to surprise us. So let's surprise it first.

Doing the hard work to make things SIMPLE - Craft and hone something that delights in its simplicity.

Working COLLABORATIVELY to build success - The power of the team will always make us faster and better.

Requirements

  • 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

Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of network security concepts and operational practices
  • Experience with cloud-native and container platforms (for example Kubernetes)
  • Experience with telemetry pipelines, detection engineering, or security data analysis
  • Familiarity with CI/CD and modern agile development workflows

Benefits & conditions

Open Systems is about secure connectivity made easy, combining SD-WAN, Firewall, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA into a framework that supports secure connectivity across cloud and hybrid environments and locations. Open Systems Managed SASE provides a comprehensive SASE solution through an easy-to-use customer portal, underpinned with a unified data platform to drive future innovation, all delivered as a 24x7 managed service.

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