AI-Enabled Network Threat Detection Engineer

Broadcom Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(K) participation including company

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

company paid holidays

paid sick leave

vacation time

Job summary

Broadcom's Application Networking and Security division seeks a Staff Engineer for the Network Detection and Research Team (NDRT) in Palo Alto. You will help build AI-enabled IDPS, analyze threats, and design high-performance detection signatures for the vDefend ATP platform in large data-center environments.

Requires 12+ years of related experience (BS/MS/PhD options), strong network security expertise, Python, Docker and Kubernetes experience, and legal work authorization in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of related experience; Master’s 10+ years; PhD 7+ years; U.S. work authorization required.
• Strong experience in network security and IDS/IDPS concepts; able to develop robust detection signatures.
• Proficiency in Python; familiarity with AI tools and agentic AI systems is a plus.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in data-center or cloud environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for global teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep-dive research into emerging network threats to keep IDPS ahead of adversaries.
• Architect and build AI-enabled security solutions for protecting virtual workloads in large data centers.
• Analyze traffic to design high-performance detection signatures for ATP solutions.
• Construct scalable data collection infrastructures with automated feedback loops.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection logic and signatures.

Skills

network security

threat research

Python programming

AI tools

team collaboration

problem solving

communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Broadcom's Application Networking and Security division seeks a Staff Engineer for the Network Detection and Research Team (NDRT) in Palo Alto. You will help build AI-enabled IDPS, analyze threats, and design high-performance detection signatures for the vDefend ATP platform in large data-center environments.

Requires 12+ years of related experience (BS/MS/PhD options), strong network security expertise, Python, Docker and Kubernetes experience, and legal work authorization in the U.S.