Security Engineer Remote, India NIKSUN is a Princeton, New Jersey-based technology company founded in 1997 with a mission to protect critical infrastructure by making the unknown known. NIKSUN provides cutting-edge solutions for cybersecurity, compliance, network performance, and observability, helping enterprises and government organizations gain real-time visibility across their IT and network environments. At the core of NIKSUN's technology is Olympus, an AI-native platform that unifies security, performance, and observability on a single data platform. The platform brings together data from across networks, endpoints, applications, and infrastructure to help organizations detect threats, investigate incidents, identify root causes, improve performance, and automate response. NIKSUN's technology is trusted by more than 1,000 enterprises and government organizations across 30+ countries and is designed to meet the demanding requirements of enterprise, government, defense, and other critical environments. The company continues to invest heavily in engineering, research, artificial intelligence, and innovative technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities
•Vulnerability/Exploit/Malware research and content creation in the form of signatures and alarm specifications •Threat intelligence research •Testing security modules of NIKSUN products, such as IDS, Anomaly,



Blacklist, Threat Intelligence, etc. •Demo script preparation to showcase security features Required

Qualifications:
•2-5 years of work experience and strong knowledge of network security •Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, OSI layers, UDP, etc.) and network security concepts (IDS/IPS, firewalls, encryption) •Experience with open-source packet tools (snort, tcpdump, wireshark, etc.) •Demonstrated working knowledge of Windows and UNIX based operating systems •Experience with UNIX shell languages (SH, BASH, CSH, etc.) Desired

Qualifications:
•Knowledge of packet-level analysis •Knowledge in writing and optimizing IDS rules •Experience with source code control applications (eg., Gitlab, CVS, SVN) •Knowledge and experience in Python programming language. •Knowledge and use of Windows Office365 products Educational

Requirements:
- BS degree or higher in Computer Science
- Certifications are a plus (Security+, SSCP, GIAC, CISSP) Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, or protected veteran status

📌 Security Engineer (India)
🏢 NIKSUN
📍 India