BreakingPoint Systems

The idea for BreakingPoint came to us in our past lives as network equipment developers, when we tested hardware before it was ready for prime time and realized we could never be sure of how our products would perform in the real worldwhat was their breaking point. We decided to build the best, most powerful network traffic simulation testing system ourselves. As testing moves up the stack from Layer 2 to Layer 7, we know testing, from R&D to QA, needs to be prepared for more dynamic network and application conditions. Today, BreakingPoint provides the only test platform powerful enough to d
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Investors: Austin Ventures
Web Site:www.breakingpointsystems.com
Employees:41-100
Industry:Networking and Equipment
Company Profile:BreakingPoint is the content-aware testing systems company that is reinventing application, performance and security testing. The company was founded in 2005 by engineers experienced in developing and testing high-speed networking devices at NetWorth, Netspeed, Cisco, TippingPoint and 3Com.
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Application Protocol Engineer

Location: 3900 N Capital of Texas Highway
Suite 180

Austin, TX 78746

Description: This position is highly visible within the company, where you will have a direct impact on sales. This person will read RFC's or other specifications on well known protocols and incorporate them into our acceleration engine utilizing Ruby and XML. For protocols that are either proprietary or undocumented, this person will setup an infrastructure to capture the traffic in order to understand the protocol, reverse engineer it, and incorporate it into the product. This position will also have exposure to network security experts and have the opportunity to learn and contribute to the team on this front as well. Additionally, this person will have the opportunity to contribute to our extremely well-read blog about any technical topic of interest, including day-to-day work or outside interests.

Minimum Requirements:
Previous mastery of any programming language
Eagerness to learn new skills
Must be an extremely hard worker
Able to work under pressure to meet aggressive deadlines
Comfort in a fast-paced startup environment

Additional Desired Qualifications
In-depth knowledge of protocol analyzers (e.g. Wireshark)
Previous experience in scripting languages: Perl, Python, etc.
Ruby experience a major plus
Understanding of XML
Knowledge of TCP/IP and network protocols
Employment Type:Full Time
Functional Area:Engineering / Product Dev / Science
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