Lockdown Networks® — Careers
Work with the brightest teams dedicated to the business of developing breakthrough network access control (NAC) technology.
At Lockdown Networks, our goal is simple: bring great people together to build the best products and provide superior services.
We believe in hard work, a fun and open atmosphere and in generating the kind of creativity that enables our colleagues to bring their best game to the security industry.
Headquartered near the shadow of the Space Needle on Queen Anne, we are close to downtown Seattle and many Seattle neighborhoods.
We offer the freedom, flexibility and forward–thinking of a start–up, and we recognize our most valuable resource is our people: energetic, innovative thinkers who care equally about doing great work and developing a culture that's great for all our employees, partners, and customers.
If you're excited about network security, and want to bring your best to highly focused teams, we want to hear from you.
Please view our current openings. Click here to send your resume.
Current Openings:
- Senior Marketing Manager
- Senior Software Engineer - High Performance Systems
- Senior Software Engineer - Advanced Networking Design
- Systems Engineer IT
- Senior Test Engineer
Senior Marketing Manager
Description
Lockdown Networks is a venture-backed Network Access Control (NAC) network security company based in Seattle.
We are looking for a talented Senior Marketing Communications Manager. You are extremely well organized, strategic thinker capable of strong and dependable tactical execution.
Your overall responsibilities will be to drive website refresh, create integrated marketing campaigns — including merging online and tradeshow activities (and more!) — and to manage email messaging/touch/frequency, SEM, SEO, and analytics efforts.
We are looking for someone who is excited to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, who has a sense of humor and enjoys working in a fun and friendly atmosphere. If you are a self-starter and need little or no ramp up, can work on your own and manage vendors, read on!
Responsibilities:
- Search Engine Optimization and Marketing: Use your skills to manage the Lockdown SEO and SEM across multiple search engines - keyword research, bid management, and optimization.
- Website and Blog Refresh: Your strong project management skills and an eye for creating easy to use site navigation with relevant and effective content will ensure success with this and other portal projects.
- Email Marketing: Implementation of all aspects of email marketing — creative development, campaign design, legal compliance and optimization testing.
- Data Analysis and reporting: Collect data from multiple sources to keep weekly and monthly internal reporting; serve as internal expert for data analysis; support senior management with ad hoc reporting and analysis; conduct and report on tests to optimize user conversion for Lockdown website.
- Research: Conduct industry and competitive research to inform marketing and product decisions.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years experience in marketing communications
- 3+ years managing tradeshows — contracts and logistics
- 2+ years managing B2B-focused SEO, SEM and email marketing
- Experience with SalesForce.com (uploads, downloads, reports)
- Experience with sophisticated web analytics reporting systems
- Experience managing email campaigns through a sophisticated email service provider, such as Constant Contact
- Experience managing PPC media buys through an SEO company or bid management systems
- Analytical mindset with an understanding of statistical testing methodologies
- Self starter, outgoing, personable, and proactive with an intense attention to detail
Traditional Graphics Design knowledge and experience using Adobe CS2 or higher a plus.
We offer competitive pay, great benefits, a great start-up environment with a very talented team, and more. Why wait? Send your resume today to: jobs@lockdownnetworks.com with the job title in the subject line.
Senior Software Engineer - High Performance Systems
We have openings for experienced Senior Software Engineers to join the Lockdown appliance development team. Duties include rapid development of new products and modification and maintenance of legacy and third party code. Creativity and problem solving skills will be integral to project challenges. The chosen candidate will be part of an elite, friendly and talented team. You are guaranteed to learn something new every day and you'll never be bored!
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
- Three or more years experience in a professional software development organization.
- Eligible to work in the U.S.
Key Skills:
- Deep Linux/Unix knowledge. You know how to make an OS do tricks for you.
- System software design. Experienced with design of large, complex, concurrent systems. Complex inter-process communications and performance optimization. People come to you for the really tough problems.
- Fault tolerance, high availability, distributed systems. You instinctively know how to design something that will run forever.
- Software build systems, packaging, installation, upgrading, etc. You think it might be fun to design your own OS distribution, but you don't want to re-invent the wheel.
- Platform skills including device drivers, kernel configuration, unusual networks configurations, headless operation, cross development. You will be making appliances, not PC software.
Other Desirable Skills/Background:
- Expert level C and/or C++ developer.
- Extensive experience with Unix/Linux system software development.
- Integration skills: being able to take 3rd party or free software, make it do new tricks, and integrate it into a bullet-proof appliance.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Experience with Ruby and other programming and scripting languages and ability to quickly pick up new languages is a plus.
- Software engineering skills: Comfortable with planning, specifying, and participating in configuration management and change management processes.
- Familiarity networking, sockets, protocols, network management, wireless, security.
- Good multitasking and priority management skills
- Detail oriented
- Fast, independent learner
- Self starter
- Does this stuff for fun in their spare time anyway
Benefits:
- Stock options
- Excellent health coverage for entire family including medical, dental, vision, prescriptions.
- 401k plan
To Apply:
Please send resume to:
careers@lockdownnetworks.com
No recruiters or contractors please.
Local candidates will be given priority.
Lockdown Networks is an equal opportunity employer.
Senior Software Engineer – Advanced Networking Design
If you are the type who can rapidly attack any kind of software engineering problem and be successful with it, then keep reading…
We have openings for experienced Senior Software Engineers to join the Lockdown appliance development team. Duties include rapid development of new products and modification and maintenance of legacy and third party code. Creativity and problem solving skills will be integral to project challenges. The chosen candidate will be part of an elite, friendly and talented team. You are guaranteed to learn something new every day and you'll never be bored!
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
- Three or more years experience in a professional software development organization.
- Eligible to work in the U.S.
Key Skills:
- Network standards and protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, Virtual LANs, Spanning Tree, Bridging, Routing, NAT, QoS, Multicast, Wi-Fi.
- Network management technologies such as SNMP, RADIUS, LDAP, VMPS, IEEE 802.1x, DHCP, DNS
- Network algorithm design such as firewalls, VPNs, filters, proxies.
Other Desirable Skills/Background:
- Expert level C and/or C++ developer.
- Extensive experience with Unix/Linux system software development.
- Integration skills: being able to take 3rd party or free software, make it do new tricks, and integrate it into a bullet-proof appliance.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Experience with Ruby and other programming and scripting languages and ability to quickly pick up new languages is a plus.
- Software engineering skills: Comfortable with planning, specifying, and participating in configuration management and change management processes.
- Familiarity with inter-process communication, concurrency techniques, performance optimization.
- Good multitasking and priority management skills
- Detail oriented
- Fast, independent learner
- Self starter
- Does this stuff for fun in their spare time anyway
Benefits:
- Stock options
- Excellent health coverage for entire family including medical, dental, vision, prescriptions.
- 401k plan
To Apply:
Please send resume to:
careers@lockdownnetworks.com
Local candidates will be given priority.
Lockdown Networks is an equal opportunity employer.
Systems Engineer - IT
Lockdown Networks is a network security company that is uniquely poised to deliver the next generation of enterprise access enforcement and vulnerability management solutions. This is a VC-backed startup in Seattle, Washington. Please visit our web site (www.lockdownnetworks.com) for additional information.
We have an opening for an experienced and versatile engineer to comprise our one-person IT department. You will be the sysadmin, the network admin, and you will also participate in other engineering activity.
You must be able to support all aspects of a heavily computer-oriented business, ranging from desktops to servers to firewalls and routers. Get in on the ground floor of a small, rapidly growing, technology startup.
Responsibilities include:
- Operation and maintenance of networks, servers, telephony, and security equipment
- Administration of critical line-of-business applications and other web services
- Installation of equipment and wiring
- End-user support
- Plan and implement new services and infrastructure
- Documentation and control of system configuration
- Internal operation of Lockdown Network Access Control products
- Installation of physical wiring
- Assist with proof-of-concept testing
Key Skills:
- Windows, Office
- Exchange Server
- Active Directory
- Unix, Linux
- Directory Services
- Blackberry Enterprise Server
- Apache
- DNS, SMTP, LDAP, SNMP, IPsec, POP, FTP, SSH, SSL
- Certificate Authorities
- Scripting
- Switches, routers, firewalls, VPN, Wi-Fi
- Telephony
- Collaboration tools
Desirable traits:
- Able to handle numerous simultaneous tasks and interruptions
- Comfortable with accepting input from multiple internal customers and aggregating it into an effective and economical plan
- Quick, independent learner – you must be your own guru!
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Detail oriented
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Requirements:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in related field
- Bachelors degree (preferably in Computer Science or Engineering)
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCSE preferred)
- Eligible to work in the U.S.
Benefits:
- Stock options
- Excellent health coverage for entire family including medical, dental, vision, prescriptions.
- 401k plan
To Apply:
Please send resume to: careers@lockdownnetworks.com
This opening is for a full-time direct employee working in our Seattle office.
Please, no contractors or agencies.
Local candidates only.
Lockdown Networks is an equal opportunity employer.
Senior Test Engineer
Lockdown Networks is a network security product company that is uniquely poised to deliver the next generation of network access control solutions. This is a quickly growing, VC-backed startup in Seattle, Washington. Please visit our web site (www.lockdownnetworks.com) for additional information. If you are a hot-shot test engineer looking for a greater challenge or a great network engineer who is tired of wearing a pager, keep reading…
We have openings for experienced Senior Test Engineers to join the Lockdown appliance development team. Duties include design verification of new products, regression testing of new software releases, and integration testing in complex network environments. Creativity and problem solving skills will be integral to project challenges. The chosen candidate will be part of an elite, friendly and talented team. You are guaranteed to learn something new every day and you'll never be bored!
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent.
- Three or more years experience in a professional software development organization.
- Eligible to work in the U.S.
Key Skills:
- Test Engineering: Experience preparing and following test plans, test procedures, test matrices.
- System Administration: Comfortable setting up and operating networks and servers and workstations on various platforms, including: Unix/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X.
- Troubleshooting.
Other Desirable Skills/Background:
- Networking: Knowledge of protocols, switches, routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi, sniffers, RADIUS servers, directories
- Light scripting.
- Performance measurement and tuning.
- Laboratory management and configuration.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Software engineering skills: Comfortable with planning, specifying, and participating in configuration management and change management processes.
- Good multitasking and priority management skills
- Detail oriented
- Fast, independent learner
- Self starter
- Does this stuff for fun in their spare time anyway
Benefits:
- Stock options
- Excellent health coverage for entire family including medical, dental, vision, prescriptions.
- 401k plan
To Apply:
Please send resume to:
careers@lockdownnetworks.com
Local candidates will be given priority.
Lockdown Networks is an equal opportunity employer.