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Staff Software Engineer- SASE (Network Security) - Opportunity for Working Remotely

  2025-11-13     VMWare     all cities,AK  
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**The Elevator Pitch:** **Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?**Working with VMware SEBU/SASE team, you will be engaged in cutting edge designing, implementation of SASE products. You will also be involved in white boarding, problem solving, troubleshooting cloud native SASE service including centralized policy management, Gateways encompassing Data & Control planes and distributed edge. If you are passionate about Networking, Policy management, Data plane performance & optimization, Cloud, Systems and Security then you are at the right place. If you are looking forward to working on latest and top of the line technology stack related to L2/L3 and application level networking which keeps you always engaged and gives you ample learning opportunity, you will feel right at home. VMware SASE team has a very inclusive and flexible culture which will you let you lead and move across pillars to expand your breadth as well.The 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for WAN Edge Infrastructure report named VMware a Leader for **the fourth year running** . VMware is positioned furthest for its completeness of vision. Moreover, VMware ranked #1 in Cloud-First WAN Use Case in the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge Infrastructure report, reflecting our belief that moving to the cloud is and will be critically important for enterprises.**Success in the Role:** **What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?**+ You will design and develop core control and dataplane features and services for VMware SASE Edge, Gateway and Cloud native security services.+ Within 30 days of employment, you will become competent with VMware SASE's deployment and high- level design.+ You will work closely with Engineering QE, Product Management, Support and Tech Ops to provide day-to-day operations for the SASE portfolio.+ Within 90 days of employment, you will be providing high level design overview in your area of learning and pillar ownership. You will be providing code review in control and dataplane areas, fixing issues in code with troubleshooting and debuggability.+ Within 180 days you will be in a position to work on field escalations and help out on a rotation basis with on-call support.+ Within 360 days along with above, you will be reviewing new feature request requirement and putting together functional and design specifications in SASE areas. You will be a self-starter and lean into projects until the best solution is found.**The Work:** **What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?**Your regular activities may be modified to suit your professional strengths, but you can expect a variety of the following assignments:+ You will work as an expert Technical Lead in the team.+ Collaborate effectively with other staff to solve complex problems+ Assist with debugging and verification of defects in your own and others' work+ Daily you will make hands on changes in SASE/SDWAN dataplane code using C programming, with emphasis on multi-threaded programming+ Build new cloud native security services and integrate with existing SASE services and other third party eco system components+ Optimize and innovate to improve data plane performance.+ Build cloud first scalable software+ You will work on jira and confluence fixing bugs in software code and writing design know-how docs.**What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?**The hiring manager for this role is Sashidhar “Sashi” Annaluru, but this role will report to a newly hired Engineering Manager. Sashi, a Senior Director of Engineering, leading SD-WAN and SSE engineering team in the SEBU SASE division. Sashi is a strong proponent of SaaS, cloud-native technologies and opensource. Sashi encourages his team to be agile, self-empowered to pick up complex problems and bring innovative solutions to the table together.The team is distributed and works across different parts of the globe. Most of the team works in Palo Alto with folks also distributed in US. The team, follows dynamic, open culture at work and encourages to learn from each other, teach others and grow along with others being collaborative and courteous.**What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?**You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com .+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan+ Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types+ Generous Time Off Programs+ 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community+ Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities+ Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)+ Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes**Category :** Engineering and Technology**Subcategory:** Software Engineering**Experience:** Business Leadership**Full Time/ Part Time:** Full Time**Posted Date:** 2022-03-24Research & Development Operations & Central Services: VMware's?R&D Operations and Central Services?team?makes sure our customers enjoy a high-quality experience across the entire product portfolio. ?Our goal is to protect the company's brand reputation by?continually improving customer satisfaction. We bring together key R&D functions such as performance, security, and release management, which frees?up R&D business units?to focus on product innovation. Our priorities include investing in R&D talent, sharing best practices, and driving scale and agility in VMware products. Are you interested in expanding your R&D skills and experience in ways few jobs can? Join our team, and you'll help deliver game-changing solutions across business units and product lines. Our team members also work with outside companies, build new contacts, and take part in industry-wide conferences and committees.VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what's possible today at mware.com.Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.


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