Symantec Corp., the global security solutions provider, on Monday, opened its new R&D centre spread over five acres of land in Pune. The first phase of the facility has the capacity for approximately 650 technical staff and engineers from the company’s R&D, IT, and technical support teams in India. The second phase, due to be completed by year end, is expected to accommodate more than 1,500 employees, with additional plans to expand further into the future.
Mr John Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer of Symantec, said, "We have grown our presence here in India from four engineers 14 years ago to more than 1,700 today. As Symantec continues to grow, we expect our footprint in India to more than double over the next several years. We are opening the first phase of our new India Centre of Innovation, that will house highly skilled engineers, focused on building solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the complete protection of their information, infrastructure, and interactions." Symantec is currently recruiting for over 100 new positions across a range of areas including software engineering, development, quality assurance and IT.
Mr John Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer of Symantec, said, "We have grown our presence here in India from four engineers 14 years ago to more than 1,700 today. As Symantec continues to grow, we expect our footprint in India to more than double over the next several years. We are opening the first phase of our new India Centre of Innovation, that will house highly skilled engineers, focused on building solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the complete protection of their information, infrastructure, and interactions." Symantec is currently recruiting for over 100 new positions across a range of areas including software engineering, development, quality assurance and IT.