Careers
If you want to work in a challenging environment that combines the agility of a start-up with the resources and benefits of an established industry leader, we invite you join the ION team.
We encourage innovation, reward excellence, and seek team players. We constantly look for individuals who possess a variety of skills, from front-line sales to hardware and software design and product development.
ION offers competitive compensation and benefits packages.
Available Positions
Linux Software Engineer
Job Title: Linux Software Engineer
Location: 120 Corporate Blvd., South Plainfield, NJ
Employment Status: Full Time
Positions to be filled: 2
Company background:
Now part of API Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: ATNY), ION Networks (“ION”) is the most trusted name in remote administrative management and secure access products. Since the company’s founding in 1982, ION products have solved the unique problems associated with remote device administration. Award-winning ION products are used in over 40 countries by Fortune® 500 firms, government and military organizations, and more than half of the world’s largest service providers. In 2008, the ION™ SA500 Service Access Point was awarded “Innovation of the Year” by the International Nortel Networks Users Association (INNUA). For more information, visit http://www.ion-networks.com.
Education:
College degree (BS or higher) in a technical discipline (e.g. computer science, engineering, computer engineering)
Job functions:
- Develop, maintain, and enhance Linux-based network appliance products as a principal member of our Engineering team.
- Provide expertise in relevant technologies, such as Linux development, network and system security, networking, firewalls and NAT, and general best practices.
- Work closely with other developers, QA, Presales, and Technical Support to ensure high quality products, and to resolve customer issues.
- Participate in design reviews and product testing, as assigned. Develop and review documentation, as assigned. Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills:
- Expert knowledge of C/C++ Unix/Linux development and administration including: gcc, gdb/kdb, bash, make, Subversion, cygwin, lilo, grub, SSL, SSH
- Network programming and file system internals expertise including: low-level TCP/IP, firewalls, NAT, security, encryption, Linux internals and packet filtering (iptables), OpenVPN
- Successful history of designing, developing, and documenting robust software for Linux-based systems. Proven experienced in software engineering best practices (SDLC) and test driven development
- Familiar with open source Linux development including kernel modifications and manually building the Linux kernel.
- Resourceful problem solver with the ability to multitask among projects with tight deadlines.
- 5+ years of work experience.
- Excellent organizational skills, oral and written communications skills.
- Leadership qualities: Integrity, attention to detail, timeline sensitive, goal oriented, motivator
- Ability and desire to learn new technologies rapidly and thoroughly, and to communicate complex ideas and interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
Desired Skills:
- Embedded Linux development background a plus
- Experience with: Java/J2EE, JBoss, Apache, Perl, Python, Lua, Tcl, MySQL, SQLite, Wireshark, Valgrind, Eclipse
- Familiarity with Network Management tools such as OpenNMS or HP Openview
- Positive, energetic, “can do” attitude.
- Current knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies, including hardware, software, protocols, tools, etc.
Submit Your Resume
We invite you to submit your resume via e-mail to resumes@ion-networks.com
(All submissions are kept confidential.)
