Data Engineer / Network Traffic Analysis
Core
Capturing, investigating, and analyzing network traffic at the packet and protocol level to identify patterns, anomalies, and troubleshoot connectivity issues.
Role type
Data Engineer specializing in network traffic analysis
Builds
Usable data derived from network telemetry and traffic captures for further processing
Domain
Network security and traffic analysis
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Wireshark, PCAP, tcpdump, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Python, SQL, network troubleshooting
Preferred skills
GCP, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow
Technologies
Wireshark, PCAP, tcpdump, Python, SQL, GCP, BigQuery
Responsibilities
Capturing and analyzing network traffic using Wireshark, PCAP, and tcpdump; Investigating network behavior at packet and protocol level; Filtering packet captures to identify patterns and anomalies; Troubleshooting network connectivity, latency, and routing issues; Extracting and transforming technical/network data; Supporting cloud-based data and network environments
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC