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How You Will Contribute:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Routing and IP Software Engineering, as a Senior Software Engineer, IP/Routing Dataplane, you will design, code and support software drivers, APIs and/or data plane applications written in C and running in a real-time embedded Linux environment, to support advanced Layer 2/3 services on customized delivery platforms. You will be working on a microservices software architecture employing Docker containers and virtualization technologies to offer disaggregated solutions to leading global service providers.

• You will design and implement embedded software running under Linux on carrier-grade L2/L3 service delivery and aggregation platforms, including development of new features, enhancements to existing features and support for new hardware platforms.
• You will be involved with the provisioning of the forwarding plane and managing various forwarding plane resources of varying capabilities. The forwarding plane functionality includes IP/MPLS, L3VPN, EVPN, and L2 Ethernet applications on various devices.
• You will work collaboratively with architects, designers, QA, and product owners in all stages of the software development process, including requirements analysis, functional specification, design, coding, integration, verification, and support.
• You’ll be an active participant in the Agile Scrum team to complete assigned stories in prescribed sprints.

The Must Haves:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 5-10 years work experience (depending on level) in an embedded software development role, preferably in a data networking or telecommunications environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in C programming language and basic understanding of embedded software development concepts.
• Experience using Linux as a development platform and/or embedded OS, preferably on x86/ARM target processors.
• Familiarity with L2/L3 forwarding plane such as switching/routing, QoS (shaping, scheduling, metering), link aggregation, protection schemes, Ethernet OAM, and IP/MPLS.
• Development experience with Netconf/Yang, Data Path protection architectures or HW resource management.

Assets:

• Exposure to Broadcom Ethernet Switching chipsets.
• Design experience with L3VPN, EVPN, and segment routing

The salary range for this position is:

• You will design and implement embedded software running under Linux on carrier-grade L2/L3 service delivery and aggregation platforms, including development of new features, enhancements to existing features and support for new hardware platforms.
• You will be involved with the provisioning of the forwarding plane and managing various forwarding plane resources of varying capabilities. The forwarding plane functionality includes IP/MPLS, L3VPN, EVPN, and L2 Ethernet applications on various devices.
• You will work collaboratively with architects, designers, QA, and product owners in all stages of the software development process, including requirements analysis, functional specification, design, coding, integration, verification, and support.
• You’ll be an active participant in the Agile Scrum team to complete assigned stories in prescribed sprints