Gigamon, recently certified as a Great Place to Work, helps the world's leading organizations run fast, stay secure and innovate. We provide the industry's first elastic visibility and analytics fabric, which closes the cloud visibility gap by enabling cloud tools to see the network and network tools to see the cloud. With visibility across their hybrid cloud network, organizations can improve customer experience, eliminate security blind spots, and reduce cost and complexity. Gigamon has been awarded over 90 technology patents and enjoys world-class customer satisfaction with over 4,000 organizations, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 100 and hundreds of governments and educational organizations worldwide. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer for our GigaSMART team. This candidate will be part of a dynamic team responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing security and network-related technologies. You will work with cross-functional groups to contribute to product specifications, software architecture, and design and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. What you'll do: * Help develop innovative network security solutions to expand the Gigamon portfolio * Contribute to overall product requirements, architecture, and design * Propose designs/solutions to meet requirements for new products * Conduct feasibility analysis for proposed solutions * Produce functional specifications and design documents * Mentor junior engineers in software development, technology, and processes What you've done: * Minimum MSEE/CS with 10+ years of software development experience in Networking Software architecture and Design. * Expert in C/C++/Go coding. * Experience in creating and working with APIs * Experience working with various hosting platforms, AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMWare * Experience with OLAP/Analytical databases is a plus * Hands-on experience with multi-core, multi-process/multi-threaded systems * Experience in Proxy, Firewalls, IDS, IPS, Data protection, and Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is a plus. * Experience with NETFLOW and IPFIX is a plus. * Excellent written/oral communication skills and strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Self-motivated individual with the ability to work in a high-achieving team or independently. Who you are: * Excellent written/oral communication skills and strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Self-motivated individual with the ability to work in a high-achieving team or independently. The base salary compensation range targeted for this role based out of Gigamon's Santa Clara, CA Headquarters office is [$192,000 - $240,000], with an opportunity to earn an annual bonus or commission (subject to the plan's terms and conditions). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company's compensation practices. #LI-LN1