Articulate design, lead development and see through the deployment of switching software for datacenter switching products.
Work with product management and cross functional teams and develop detailed architectural, functional and design specifications to meet product requirements.
Carry out detailed design, coding, unit and functional testing of software, fix complex defects, through entire lifecycle of the project.
Lead development activity within the team, working with managers for detailed planning of tasks, setting intermediate milestones, strategizing execution.
Mentor and guide junior engineers in the team for technical problem solving, and building long term expertise and competency.
Work with cross functional validation and verification teams to ensure correct and complete verification of software and components, to meet real-life network deployments.
Work closely with Juniper technical assistance team, for providing engineering assistance in supporting critical customer escalations.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or electronics or telecommunication engineering or similar discipline, with 5 to 7 years of experience in networking and system software development.
Proficiency in coding in C and C++ programming, Object-oriented analysis & design, data structures and system debugging skills.
Must have thorough systems knowledge in fundamental OS concepts in Linux or similar OS, skills to debug hard system level issues.
Deep understanding of hardware & system-level design for carrier-class software development.
Proficiency with Linux device drivers, System bring up, and Linux kernel, Prior experience in working with large code-bases preferred.
Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills for resilient and performance enhancing software development is a must.
Expertise in scripting technologies and techniques, familiarity with state-of-the-art devops methodologies and practices.
Background in networking, embedded platform-software development preferred.
Good articulation and presentation skills on technical topics and subjects.
Thorough understanding of one or more of the following areas:
Host Complex, System peripherals & Drivers : CPU complex (x86); PCIe, SPI, I2C, MDIO; FPGA, CPLD, Flash Drivers
Ethernet Interfaces (1Gig to 400G+ including 800G, 1.6T), MacSec, Timing, Optics (SFP, QSFP, QDD, OSFP)
High-speed packet forwarding with Network processors, PHYs, SerDes
