India People

Name : Hamish
Job title : IT Helpdesk Lead
Location : Bangalore, India

"The IT helpdesk is the first point of contact for all internal employees for IT related needs and I currently work as its lead. The usual issues or requests that are handled at the helpdesk are regarding new hire account creations and terminations, software installations, troubleshooting VPN issues and user administrations to various applications. We adhere to SOX compliance, perform internal audits and send user notifications for any changes that take place.

I joined McAfee almost two and a half years ago and like the fact that opportunities are available in various departments (engineering – IT) provided the employee has the right kind of skill set to fit into that role. The best thing about my department in particular is the good team Co-ordination and enthusiasm for what we do.

To join this great work environment and good brand name, you must be eager to learn, friendly and have a positive attitude."

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Name : Rohit
Job title : Field response (Tier 3) Engineer
Location : Bangalore, India

"McAfee is a cool place to work. We have an open door policy where employees are not intimidated. We work with cutting-edge technologies and lastly but most importantly, we work in security – a field that thrills.

I joined as a tier 3 field response engineer and am working currently as a tier 3 engineer, supporting VirusScan, HIPS and Virex. It's great here, because you can choose to either grow technically or venture into management. McAfee supports your development with Individual growth plans and you are openly encouraged to discuss with managers your career options and how to achieve your goals.

The best thing about my department is that we have global visibility and are able to work closely with Engineering/Product management in order to enhance the quality of our products and grow our customer base. To get ahead here, you need honesty, integrity and a strong dedication to work."

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Name : Shankar
Job title : Senior Engineering Manager
Location : Bangalore, India

"I only joined McAfee 4 months ago, but it seems already to be a great place to work with a fantastic culture and good work-home balance. My team is really passionate. We have the best technology, and a range of interesting technical challenges that keep you engaged with the product. There's always something to do.

It's been a fantastic 15 years for me since the time I graduated from BITS, Pilani. I've always been in the IT industry, working closely with technology and prior to McAfee, I was a New Product Planning Director with a start-up company, MobiApps. Being a founding team member there, it was the most brilliant part of my career with great challenges and a lot to learn. This is where I learnt about how to bring up your own baby from birth! At MobiApps, everyday was a day of job satisfaction, which I enjoyed for over 5 years. Earlier I was briefly with Tarang Technologies heading their wireless practice group and before that I was with Wipro Technologies as part of the telecom Group.

McAfee has a good career path for techies as well as managers. Every engineer has a choice to either grow on the technical ladder or on the managerial ladder. In fact, you could try climbing both the ladders if you wished. Beside this, McAfee also provides opportunities for engineers to take on a market-facing role such as product management. What's more, the management is very encouraging and supportive when it comes to career ambitions, whatever level you're at and you're also able to choose your pace of growth.

If I had to sum up what you need in order to be successful at McAfee, I'd say, it's essential to own the product as if it were your own startup. You also need passion, product vision, and the ability to build a great think-alike team with a common team goal. You also need to be ready to take on any challenge as it comes, always ask questions, challenge and never sit idle, as there are always tons of cool things we can do around the product."

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Name : Srini
Job title : QA Manager
Location : Bangalore, India

"I love coming to work everyday at McAfee because everyday is so exciting!

I started my IT career in 1999 (after achieving a degree in Engineering, a master's degree in Software Systems and a MBA) at a leading IT services firm (Infosys). I also worked for a couple of years at Microsoft. I joined McAfee as the QA Manager for Foundstone/Preventsys team at McAfee India Center two years ago. And I have experience of working with other McAfee products (such as – SecurityShield and PortalShield) and have built and managed teams in India too.

There are lots of opportunities available here from engineering right up to management level and the company places great emphasis on developing people's careers. For example, you can do a lateral shift if it suits you and there's an active internal job opportunities forum where employees can move from one job to another job, building up your skill sets. McAfee also invest a lot in training too.

I would recommend McAfee to a friend because it's a great place to work. There's a right work-life balance, good work culture and freedom. The best things are feeling empowered, being recognized for good work and having the opportunity for advancement. The qualities you need to posses are commitment, self-motivation, integrity and a commitment to learning."

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Name : Srinivasa
Job title : Development Manager
Location : Bangalore, India

"With 12 years industry experience, I've worked in various capacities in both large software houses and start-ups, managing projects in diverse domains.

3 years ago I joined McAfee and experienced well-defined career paths in both technical and managerial streams. Here, you're expected to define what you want to achieve and where you want to be and once you have, McAfee will provide enough training and hands on experience opportunities to enable you to get there. There are good recognition forums like Clubgeek for high achievers too

I work in a branch that is always demanding in terms of innovation and quick thinking, which gives you a high level of job satisfaction. You'll enjoy working here if you've good technical ability, as the work provides challenging opportunities for like-minded people, enabling you to grow as a person. To enjoy it here you need to be innovative, proactive, cheerful and customer-orientated."

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Name : Vijayanthi
Job title : HR Specialist
Location : Bangalore, India

"I have seven years professional experience, starting with Academics and leading to Human Resources. I started my career with an India-based IT major, specializing in the learning function. I moved into human resource consulting and that allowed me to understand how organizations spanning multiple industries set up HR teams and manage people processes. Before joining MIC in 2006, I worked with a Consumer durable major leading the HR practice for the entire Asia Information systems team.

In McAfee, I lead Learning and Development for leadership and helped to set up a robust leadership identification and development process.

The best things about my department are the perfect balance between personal relationships and performance orientation, and the transparency that allows for every team member to state their opinion and not be judged. We also believe in recognition of good work and having fun@work.

To succeed here you need to be ethical, diligently-focused on what needs to get done, adaptable to change and growth, and possess conviction in what you do. I'd encourage anyone with the necessary energy and skills to join us."

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Name : Subrahamanayan
Job title : Development Manager
Location : Bangalore, India

“Last year I joined McAfee as a Siebel Manager, making sure that projects were delivered on time and to cost. Gradually, over the following months, I progressed to become a Development Manager, which has kept me extremely busy. So far it's been a very rewarding, fast and educational journey.

Ownership and pro-activeness are the keys to success here and open communication helps to make it a wonderful environment in which to learn and grow your skills. Overall the company provides an excellent training environment. You can gain experience in various areas and extend your job profile and remit in order to gain exposure to multiple areas within the company, vastly increasing your knowledge and experience.

I see some great retention policies and incentives that McAfee has designed. The thing that has really impresses me however is the openness in the system. And right from the offer letter to your working experience you can see this.”

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Name : Vineet
Job title : Sr QA Manager, Consumer Engineering
Location : Bangalore, India

"I have over 11+ years experience in various domains such as insurance, real time embedded systems, eCommerce, Microsoft technologies and Security.

I started my career in the US (after completing an MS in electrical engineering) as a PICK BASIC programmer for a major health insurance provider. On moving back to India, I joined a real-time embedded software company, working on developing/testing applications in Ada / C on Unix / pSOS OS. After that I moved into a testing profile, doing functional/ performance testing for an eCommerce company. Then, on to Microsoft technologies, working on various applications like Exchange Server, Biz Talk Server, Content Management and Anti-Piracy.

I'm currently working at McAfee in the Consumer Engineering Group. I'm responsible for leading an 80 strong QA team out of Bangalore, who work on testing desktop security apps (VirusScan, QuickClean, BackUp, Site Advisor, Wireless Protection), Consumer Web Infrastructure and Partner releases. Dedicated, hardworking and highly competent teams make it a great place to work. Everyone wants to be the best.

There are openings in every field ranging from Development, QA, Research and Training to Tech Writers, Tech Support etc. You can build flexible career paths that allow you to choose between climbing a technical or a managerial ladder. And there are strong rewards programs for patents/ innovations.

Being the leading dedicated security technology company, McAfee is a great platform for an engineer who is passionate and believes they can make a difference in the world of security. Our culture focuses on achieving tomorrow's technology today, ensures a thriving engineering community."

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Name : Vinod
Job title : Sr Development Manager
Location : Bangalore, India

"All through my 13 year career, I have played a key role in defining and developing products, working closely with counterparts in engineering centers across the US, mainly in the areas of Embedded Networking, IP Security and Storage Area Networking.

I joined Multitech Software systems after graduating from Mysore University and worked there for around 5 years developing routing and various networking protocols for their Remote Access Servers.

Prior to joining McAfee, I was involved (as Technical Lead & Technical Manager) with a couple of start-ups developing SoC solutions for residential gateways and next generation storage switches. At Ishoni, I was primarily responsible for architecting, designing, planning & execution of IPSec based VPN on a multiprocessor embedded system. At Aarohi, I was responsible for leading the design & development of Linux drivers and Fibre Channel (FC) stack components for its FPGA based reference platform used for accelerating fabric based virtualization in the SAN.

And for the last 3 years at McAfee, I've been involved in building and leading engineering groups giving architectural and technical guidance for development of embedded networking/security software for its current and next generation of IPS Products. The group is also involved in researching, integrating and rolling out newer technologies/solutions like Network Admission Control (NAC) into these products.

The department I work for gives the best of both worlds – start-up kind of work and the benefits of a mid-sized company. The work culture is dynamic, adapting fast to every changing market requirements and gives us freedom to explore the latest findings in our field.

McAfee promotes a high-performance culture rewarding its employees both in terms of compensation benefits and career growths opportunities. Its IJO program provides an opportunity to existing employees to apply for new internal job opportunities that might interest them."

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Name : Shikwang
Job title : Tier 3 Technical Support Engineer
Location : Bangalore, India

“I've spent nearly two years working in McAfee's Korea and Singapore offices. As a technical engineer you need to be confident with the products you support. This is certainly the case at McAfee. I know the issue will be resolved sooner or later, and that during the process I'll pick up all kinds of new technical knowledge.

The team is great too. Everybody is willing to help each other and share knowledge. They all show the commitment, integrity, teamwork, professionalism and patience that's needed to succeed here. The business offers 'best of breed' products, is growing rapidly and has a diverse culture that's remarkably well integrated. Working here puts you at the core of a fast growing industry with excellent career opportunities.

On a personal level, I've always dreamed of working abroad and McAfee made this dream come true. I believe that as long as I stay with this company, I will go a long way.”

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Name : Amit
Job title : Tier 2 Gold Support Engineer
Location : Bangalore, India

“The best thing about working at McAfee is the team, the great learning curve and the support you get from managers. In my two and a half years with the business, I've learned that patience, adaptability, consistency, teamwork and the ability to learn quickly are the key skills you need. As a market leader, McAfee offers a good working environment and pay to match industry standards. There are plenty of opportunities for vertical and horizontal career growth too.”

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Name : Chandrakant
Job title : Manager – APAC IT Operations
Location : Bangalore, India

“I've been working with McAfee for more than four years. I'm currently based in Bangalore, India, where I manage IT Operations for the Asia Pacific region. There's a great team spirit here, with employee friendly policies and a good working culture. But what stands out for me is how everyone's so customer focused. There's lots of honesty, integrity and dedication in this business.”

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