Software Engineer III - platfrom

Job Description :

It is an exciting time to work with a new project in Service Provider SPNS group. The next generation of NOS architecture - hardware and software that aligns with SDN, is highly modular and programmable, supports modern software principles and distributed system constructs, and works at hyper-scale. This while making it super simple for customers to deploy and maintain. Some people are calling it the plug-and-play of networking.

1. Exposure to Open Source software and contributions to the Open Source community.
2. Strong background in C/C++, good knowledge of programming on Linux OS.
3. Comfortable with Linux platform bring up, system architecture and design.
4. System software development with exposure to MIPS, PPC and x86 architectures.
5. Excellent background in polling in an embedded environment and improving runtime performance.
6. Work in an Agile development environment where the team is empowered and accountable for delivery (development & test) of quality software.
7. Ability to learn and utilize diverse programming language (e.g. python, GO) as part of the development process.
8. Deep understanding and/or experience of platform infrastructure: Device drivers (fabric, control Ethernet, FPGA drivers, optics, BIOS etc..), Operating systems, disk drivers, Power management, Chassis management and Bus architectures like PCIe, i2C.

What You'll Do:

1. You will help build expertise on the elite modular, fully distributed, highly available, highly secure network operating system and routing platform
2. You will work directly with the op customers like Google, Facebook, Comcast, Microsoft, AT&T, NTT, British Telecom, etc and learn how the world of Edge and Core networking is evolving
3. Evolve IOS-XR into the new Virtualized world and be part of the journey to drive the Customers towards enabling of Virtualized Cloud- based Network Services
4. Lines between networking software (NOS) and application software are blurred since networking is just another application in modern times. Differentiate yourself by going above and beyond plain app software development.

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