Symantec - Principal Researcher
Location: CA - Culver City
Company Overview
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help our customers – from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations – secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently. Our software and services protect completely, in ways that can be easily managed and with controls that can be enforced automatically – enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.
Department Overview
As Symantec's research organization, Symantec Research Labs (SRL) ensures the company's long-term leadership through innovation, generation of new ideas, and development of next-generation technologies. Projects include both long-term investigations and shorter-term innovations that provide immediate benefit to customers across all of Symantec's businesses. Past commercialized technologies from Symantec Research Labs include the company's first anti-spam technology, generic exploit blocking technology to proactively stop fast-spreading network threats, technology to improve the performance of our backup products, and technology to help protect our nation's critical infrastructure. Symantec Research Labs also works on projects in collaboration with external organizations, including customers, government agencies, and universities
Responsibilities
This is an opportunity to be part of an outstanding team at Symantec Research Labs. The individual will be responsible for developing new concepts, tools and technologies in one or more of the following areas:
- Machine Learning
- SaaS/Cloud infrastructure (big data analytics, databases, distributed computing, ...)
- Web technologies (HTML5, AJAX, SAML, HTTP, ICAP, SOAP, REST, ...)
- Mobile platforms (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, WinMobile, Palm WebOS, ...)
- Information Centric Security and Compliance (cryptography, authentication, access control, DLP, PCI DSS, ...)
Projects will include researching challenging problems, developing working prototypes, making public presentations and transferring results to business units for commercialization.
Qualifications
Required:
- Strong coding and debugging skills in C/C++ and/or java, on UNIX or Windows,
- Strong data structures and algorithms background,
- PhD. in Computer Science or related field OR MS with 3+ years work experience
- Prior experience (university research or commercial) of a major software project
Desired:
- Self motivated and proactive
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Prior research/advanced technology development background in academia or industry labs.
How To Apply
Please contact Darren Shou <darren_shou@symantec.com> with your resume.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Symantec Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes diversity.
NOTE: To all recruitment firms: Symantec is not accepting agency/search firm referrals for this posting, or other postings, without prior written permission from Symantec's Staffing organization. Symantec is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.