Netwitness Software Senior Engineer

Netwitness Software Senior Engineer

Responsible for the software design and development for external customer products. Utilizes a range of applicable technologies (e.g., cloud development operations, agile technologies, programming languages, compilers, assemblers,
debuggers, other tools) for product lines. Modifies existing software products to add new functions, adapt to new hardware or software environments, improve performance or enhance product usability. Participates in product development
in all stages from planning and design to development, testing and documentation. Leads the design of new technologies. Monitors optimizes and controls dependent resources. Assists with the implementation of new or additional product
enhancements

Principal Accountabilities

Provides full design, planning, configuration, documentation, deployment and top-level support ownership of relevant technologies.
Manages or utilizes software that is built and implemented as a product, using best-in-class development process/lifecycle management (ex: Agile, Waterfall).
Identifies design requirements and makes recommendations for capacity planning, performance optimization and future direction. Designs solutions per business requirements.
Researches and compares software features and works with vendors on system sizing for specific applications.
Troubleshoots software reliability and performance issues.
Collaborates on and implements architecture recommendations to application integration, system administration, problem management, preventive maintenance, performance tuning and for 3rd party software.
Identifies and eliminates performance bottlenecks and makes performance-related recommendations (hardware, software, configuration).
Leads or participates in the software development lifecycle, which includes research, new development, modification, security, correction of errors, reuse, re-engineering and maintenance of software products.
Gathers business requirements and participates in product definition and feature prioritization, including customer usability studies. Performs competitive analysis for features at a product level scope.
Leads the testing and fixing of new or enhanced products. Creates technical documentation of software products/solutions.
Assists with the development and review of end user and technical end user documentation.
Drives idea generation for new software products or for the next version of an existing product.
Protects Intellectual property by working appropriate legal elements (ex: procurement, patents, open source).
Responsible for the delivery of products within budget, schedule and quality guidelines. Works with the team to develop, maintain, and communicate current development schedules, timelines and development status.
Makes changes to software to correct errors in the original implementation and creates extensions to existing programs to add new features or performance improvements.
Designs and develops major functional or performance enhancements for existing products, or produces new software products or tools.
Reviews requirements, specifications and designs to assure product quality; develops and implements plans and tests for product quality or performance assurance.

Principal Responsibilities

Contributes to the design and architecture of new or re-engineered software/storage environments. Prepares written software/storage specifications for complex products from architectural diagrams and documents. Develops and reviews design, functional, technical, and/or user documentation as needed. Develops, reviews, analyzes, and implements test strategies for software products and systems/for storage products and systems. Develops, tests, and integrates code for new or existing software of significant complexity. Provides sustaining or maintenance support to existing software/storage environments, either by implementation or providing guidance to less senior engineers. Designs and implements source code revision control methods for products. Prepares accurate project status documentation for leadership. Measures and analyzes quality metrics and defines and implements actions for departmental or cross-functional process improvements. Contributes to resource, schedule, and cost sizing for software development projects of medium complexity.

Solid knowledge of programming languages; operating systems; firmware; BIOS; device drivers; databases; system, network, operating system, and application administration; embedded software/firmware; tools and utilities. Able to code/debug more complex programs using either written or verbal design specifications. Able to achieve mastery of new tools and languages with training and on-the-job experience. Able to understand and follow software lifecycle methods. Understands tradeoffs between hardware and software interact