{"id":4153208,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hcltech-technical-lead-113","title":"Technical Lead","company":{"id":225,"name":"HCLTech","domain":"hcltech.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/hcltech","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Budapest, Hungary"],"countries":["HU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"BGP","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"DHCP","optional":false},{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"gRPC","optional":false},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"OSPF","optional":false},{"name":"Perl","optional":false},{"name":"Protobuf","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":false},{"name":"TCP/IP","optional":false},{"name":"VLAN","optional":false},{"name":"VPN","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-12T09:56:36Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-12","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T09:56:36Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Job Summary\nWe are seeking an experienced Software Engineer with strong expertise in Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) development. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in network security products, Linux-based software development, and backend system programming using C, C++, Perl, and gRPC technologies.\nThe candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and maintaining security and networking features across Cisco security platforms, with a focus on scalability, performance, automation, and customer-driven requirements.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, develop, and maintain software components for Cisco FMC and FTD platforms.Develop networking and security features using C/C++ on Linux environments.Implement and enhance management-plane and control-plane functionalities within FMC/FTD.Design and develop gRPC-based services and APIs for scalable communication between components.Develop automation and scripting solutions using Perl and Linux shell scripting.Troubleshoot and resolve complex software defects across security, networking, and platform layers.Analyze packet flows, control-plane interactions, and performance bottlenecks.Collaborate with architecture, QA, DevOps, and customer support teams for feature delivery and issue resolution.Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architecture planning.Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate security and networking capabilities.Contribute to CI/CD, build automation, and deployment processes.\nSkill Requirements\nRequired Technical Skills\nCore Technologies\nStrong programming experience in:C\nC++\nPerl\n\nStrong Linux system programming and debugging experience.\nExperience with: gRPC\nProtocol Buffers (Protobuf)\nREST APIs\n\nCisco Security Expertise\nHands-on experience with: Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC)\n Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)\nSecurity policy management\nDevice management workflows\nAccess Control Policies (ACP)\nNAT and VPN configurations\n\nNetworking Fundamentals\nStrong understanding of:\nTCP/IP\nIPv4/IPv6\nRouting Protocols (OSPF, BGP, RIP)\nSwitching Technologies (VLAN, STP, LACP)\nNAT/PAT\nACLs\nDNS, DHCP\nIPSEC VPN\nSSL/TLS\nNetwork Security Concepts\nLinux & Debugging\nLinux internals and system programming\nMulti-threaded application development\nMemory management\nIPC mechanisms\nSocket programming\nCore dump analysis\nGDB debugging\nPerformance profiling\nDevelopment Tools\nExperience with:\nGit\nJenkins\nCI/CD pipelines\nDocker/Containers\nJira\nCode review tools\nOther Requirements","description_format":"text","description_chars":2565,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Managed IT Services (MSP)","Systems Integrators","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-12T09:56:36Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":14,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hcltech-technical-lead-113","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hcltech-technical-lead-113.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T12:39:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":26220,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":225},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=225"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhcltech-technical-lead-113"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhcltech-technical-lead-113"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhcltech-technical-lead-113"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/hcltech-technical-lead-113\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhcltech-technical-lead-113"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4153208}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"hcltech.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4153208},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}