Job Description

Are you an experienced engineer with a passion for Network Detection and Response?

(Senior) Software Systems Engineer Network Detection and Response (NDR)

As a Software Systems Engineer in the NDR team, you will build and operate services that detect, analyze, and help contain threats across customer networks worldwide. NDR is a core part of Open Systems' managed SASE platform, and your work will directly improve our customers' security posture.

This is a builder-operator role: you will contribute across the full lifecycle, from concept and implementation to deployment, operations, and continuous optimization.

You will work on capabilities such as:

• IDS/IPS integration and tuning
• Network anomaly and behavioral detection
• Threat correlation and signal quality improvements
• Automation of response and remediation workflows
• Observability, monitoring, and reliability of NDR services

What You Bring

For this role, we are looking for people who are passionate about network security, automation, and solving complex problems.

Required qualifications:

• Higher education (ETH, university, FH) in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of professional experience in a related engineering role
• Practical experience with NDR tooling and IDS/IPS technologies (for example Suricata, Zeek, Snort)
• Experience with Linux or another UNIX-based operating system
• Strong software engineering skills with scripting languages (for example Bash, Python, Perl) and compiled languages (for example Go, Rust, C++, C#)
• Familiarity with software and system testing practices
• Proficiency in English

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of network security concepts and operational practices
• Experience with cloud-native and container platforms (for example Kubernetes)
• Experience with telemetry pipelines, detection engineering, or security data analysis
• Familiarity with CI/CD and modern agile development workflows

Why Join Us

• Impact at scale your work helps secure global customer environments with high availability and low operational friction.
• Ownership end-to-end you design, build, deploy, and operate what you create.
• Strong engineering culture you collaborate with skilled peers across network, security, and platform domains.
• Growth opportunities in addition to your development work, you can become certified as a Mission Control Engineer, expanding your expertise in networking and security and gaining the opportunity for a 3-month deployment at our Network Operations Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

What We Offer

Want to join a team that enjoys making secure connectivity simple for our customers? You’ll be among people who believe in:

Caring PASSIONATELY about keeping our customers safe – We’re dedicated to solving problems. Whatever it takes.

Thinking UNCONVENTIONALLY to stay ahead – The world never fails to surprise us. So let’s surprise it first.

Doing the hard work to make things SIMPLE – Craft and hone something that delights in its simplicity.

Working COLLABORATIVELY to build success – The power of the team will always make us faster and better.

As a testament to this, Open Systems has been recognized as an outstanding place to work. You’ll be surrounded by smart teams who enrich your experience and provide opportunities you will need to develop your skills and advance your career. 

We look forward to receiving your online application (please note that you need to compress your application into two attachments). Only direct applications will be considered.

Come as you are! We are looking for amazing people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Open Systems welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

About Open Systems

Open Systems is about secure connectivity made easy, combining SD-WAN, Firewall, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA into a framework that supports secure connectivity across cloud and hybrid environments and locations. Open Systems Managed SASE provides a comprehensive SASE solution through an easy-to-use customer portal, underpinned with a unified data platform to drive future innovation, all delivered as a 24x7 managed service.