Sr. Principal Architect

Forcepoint; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a highly skilled Architect to lead the development of innovative endpoint security solutions. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to define the technological direction and deliver a cohesive security offering. With over 15 years of experience in the security space, you will drive innovation, oversee production code development, and ensure a consumer-like experience across the technology stack. Join a forward-thinking company committed to creating a safer world and making a significant impact in the security domain.

Qualifications

• Proven record of leading endpoint product development with a focus on security.
• In-depth knowledge of OS internals and high-quality driver development.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee the architecture for Forcepoint's endpoint solutions.
• Drive innovation and best practices to build competitive products.

Skills

Endpoint Product Development

Problem Solving

Windows and Mac OS Internals

Networking Protocols

Security Protocols

Data Leakage Prevention

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

15+ years of experience in security solutions

Job description

Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

We are looking for a highly skilled Architect to help identify direction, architecture and deliver Forcepoint’s end point solution, creating a cohesive, simplified security offering with an amazing customer experience. You will help create and run Forcepoint’s end point architecture, collaborating with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Support. This position will help define the technological direction for how Forcepoint links product value to customer outcomes.

The Role

• Drive Forcepoint end point to be best of breed and competitive, define the needed architecture to support these capabilities.
• Oversee development of production code, while providing guidance to more engineering as they take on different parts of a system for which you are the primary architect.
• Drive innovation and best practices to build competitive product.
• Work with partners and leaders spanning multiple organizations and teams to help set product security vision as well as define and deliver on technical roadmaps.
• Provide technical feedback for critical platform and systems development outside of your primary product work.
• Drive complex projects and lead a team of engineers, building product that meets requirements.
• Deliver a consumer-like experience across the technology stack.
• Problem solve, debug, and fix with advanced development skills.

We are looking for:

• You have proven record of leading building end-point products that support security solutions, familiarity with data leakage prevention is a plus.
• In-depth familiarity with Windows and Mac OS internals, proven record of writing high quality drivers, mini filters in Windows.
• You have 15+ years proven experience and are regarded as a problem solver across a broad set of constituents across your company and/or industry.
• You have extensive technical, market expertise in the security space.
• Ability to get consensus and set technical direction across a large engineering organization.
• Experience with networking and security protocols/technologies and implementation of high-speed, high-scale data-planes that carry critical customer traffic.
• Understanding of core networking protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, IPsec, and familiarity with many others. Understanding of key security proxy technologies such as SWG, CASB, ZTNA, DLP, etc.
• Experience working and helping define test methodologies and test plans.

Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

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