Thursday, July 26, 2007

Manager, Software Quality Assurance


It’s an Exciting Time to Work at Cisco!

Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.



Manager, Software Quality Assurance

IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for assessing the quality of IronPort's hosted security applications. The QA Manager will be responsible for managing a team of quality assurance engineers working to test these hosted security applications. The QA Manager will also guide the efforts of automation engineers working to build automated test suites for these products. The successful candidate will have experience performing quality assurance on hosted platforms and on distributed systems. IronPort's hosted applications react rapidly to real time threats such as spam and virus outbreaks. The successful candidate will have the ability and drive to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

Required Experience and Skills:

•Minimum of 10 years experience in QA
•Minimum of 3 years experience as a QA Manager
•Experience managing multiple concurrent product releases
•Experience testing database intensive applications
•Experience testing hosted applications
•Ability to think strategically and act tactically
•Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to coordinate effectively across all groups in the organization.

Desired Experience:

•FreeBSD or other UNIX
•Python
•Experience managing offshore efforts



    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.

    Wednesday, July 25, 2007

    Sr. Release Engineer



    It’s an Exciting Time to Work at
    Cisco!

    Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.

    Sr. Release Engineer

    IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.

    Responsibilities:

    The Release Engineer will work to improve, automate, and simplify the build and release process across the IronPort product line. These include products shipped on our Mail Gateway Appliances (MGAs) to run on AsyncOS as well as services deployed on servers that are part of our Information Services (IS) group. The IS group is responsible for delivering SenderBase, Virus Outbreak Filters, BondedSender, SpamCop, along with a number of internal technologies that power the effectiveness of our MGAs.

    Required Experience and Skills:

    • 4+ years software development experience.
    • 3+ years in a Unix environment.
    • 2+ years of Makefile and shell script development experience.
    • Unix system administration experience.
    • Strong background with source code control systems, including Perforce.
    • Design of test, staging, and production environments for server based apps.
    • Documenting implementations through specs, manuals, and procedures.
    • Past participation in shipping releases on an aggressive schedule.
    • Strong verbal, written, analytical, and persuasive skills and the ability to interact with all members of the development team.

    Desirable Experience

    • Python, Perl, Java, and C.
    • Knowledge of make and ant.
    • Proven track record of taking responsibility for shipping/deploying clean, well-documented releases.
    • Experience with the development and deployment of automated testing.
    • Dedication to making life easier for the development organization being served.


    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.

    Tuesday, July 17, 2007

    Sr. UI Developer



    It’s an Exciting Time to Work at
    Cisco!

    Like the networks we build, our team is a broad network of individuals collaborating to change how the world works, lives, plays and learns.


    Sr. UI Developer

    IronPort® Systems, Inc. is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort product lines utilize SenderBase®, the world’s largest threat detection database, enabling powerful security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.

    Responsibilities:

    The IronPort Systems Platform Engineering team is looking for software engineering talent and experience to participate in the ongoing development of the web-based interface for its Email and Web Security Appliances.

    The Platform Engineering team is responsible for the appliance group of products, including the Email and Web Security Appliances. We are looking for a candidate with proven experience in participating at a key level in web application projects. This includes past experience in designing, developing, and helping to create a usable and stable product. This individual will be expected to collaborate with product management to help identify and prioritize product requirements; work closely with design consultants to design new features and improve existing functionality and behavioral paradigms; and organize, participate in, and ensure the success of the ongoing web development activities.

    This is not a web site art direction, intranet development, or design role. Development will be on a UNIX-based platform integrating with code written in Python.

    • 5-7 years of experience with one or more web scripting languages: Python, PHP, Perl, etc. (Python highly preferred.)
    • Work closely with a cross-functional team to implement the web-based user interface for new features and extend existing functionality
    • Review and sign off on requirements documents.
    • Write specification documents and drive sign-off.
    • Implement new features and extend existing functionality
    • 5 years minimum industry experience required. The ideal candidate will also have strong visual design skills.

    Required Experience and Skills:

    • Strong HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills and practical experience required.
    • Experience with one or more web scripting languages: Python, PHP, Perl, etc. (Python highly preferred.)
    • Participation in at least one successful development and deployment effort of a web application.
    • Proven ability to effectively collaborate with Interaction Design / Information Architecture functional groups.
    • 3 years minimum industry experience required. The ideal candidate will also have strong visual design skills.

    Desired Experience and Skills:

    • Experience developing thin-client, browser-based, commercial appliance, server application administration, or consumer-oriented user interfaces. Experience developing commercial or corporate intranet applications is also a plus.
    • An understanding of Internet and email standards, UNIX system administration, enterprise networking topologies and security is highly desirable.
    • Specific experience with open source mail, spam detection programs, caching web proxies, anti-spyware, anti-virus and integration of database technology to customer systems a definite plus.
    • Experience collaborating with offshore development resources is a plus.

    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here.