Senior Member of Technical Staff - (C/C++, Windows Kernel, drivers, User space)

Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? Every new job is an opportunity for growing your career. VMware is growing and growing fast. You can be a part of our growth story as VMware continues to expand its portfolio in the core Cybersecurity space. Joining VMware gives you long-term opportunities to expand your skills with annual education and/or training reimbursements, job rotation programs, subscriptions to online training platforms and employee networking groups. You are looking for an opportunity to work for a company whose software is utilized by every Fortune 500 company and significantly impacts every industry. VMware's Carbon Black App Control is one of the most proven and scalable application control solutions on the market. It is designed to enable security operations teams to lock down new and legacy systems against unwanted change, simplify the compliance process, and provide protection for corporate systems. You are self-motivated, results-oriented, and most importantly a team player. You are an expert in Windows system internals and enjoy solving complex problems. The key skills which will make you succeed in this role are C++ programming on Windows Operating System. Having worked on products in security is a plus. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? As a member of technical staff, you will work on various aspects of the Carbon Black App Control agent development on Windows platform. After getting ramped up on the product and technology, you will demonstrate the following traits: Good understanding of product & development processes: You should be able to acquaint yourself with the existing product code and development process involved, and be passionate about sharing your knowledge and experiences with a collaborative team. Ability to design and develop new features as well as perform incremental changes: When given a challenge, you research on it, break it into deliverable parts, and further you leverage available resources to come up with a quality solution. The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? As part of the Windows Agent development team, You will utilize your deep understanding of Windows operating system, and extend it further will working on kernel as well as user space level components of this product. Be highly proficient in an object-oriented programming using C++ on Windows platform. Be proficient with working on kernel mode driver development, specifically minifilter drivers and troubleshooting. Get involved in Python programming to help enhance our test automation infrastructure. You will troubleshoot intriguing issues in both production and non-production environments using advanced debugging techniques in Windows system environment. You will build features at a rapid pace without compromising product quality, and communicate and collaborate across all functional teams. Play an active hands-on role across the entire software development life cycle, including helping to deliver your software into production and ensuring that it continues to operate as designed. 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 Sandesh Sawant whose team is made up of self-starters who have a passion for technology and getting things done. The product scrum team is spread across geographies with nine members in North America and two members in India at present. The members of this team also collaborate regularly with members of many other teams in Carbon Black R&D ecosystem spanning across the globe. Where is this role located? Flexible: The role is considered flexible and will be a mix of working from a local VMware office and remote depending on your preferences and the arrangements determined with your future manager. You will be expected to live within a reasonable non-daily commute of the office. 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: Manager and Professional Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-07-20 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. 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