Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Design and develop cutting-edge multi-tenant cloud SDN control and data plane software utilizing OVS, OVN, and OpenFlow.

• Create Infrastructure-as-a-Service virtual network orchestration and services through gRPC and REST for BMaaS, VMaaS, and Kubernetes.

• Contribute to upstream projects related to OVN-Kubernetes and other open-source initiatives.

• Develop software focused on network observability, encompassing monitoring, telemetry, intelligent metering, and performance analysis.

• Operate and support SDN solutions based on OVS-OVN within expansive NVIDIA AI Cloud environments.

• Build and sustain monitoring, alerting, distributed tracing, and dashboards for the SDN stack.

• Design, improve, and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines across Linux host networking, OVS, OVN, and Kubernetes CNIs.

• Apply GitOps methodologies and securely integrate with cloud infrastructure.

• Enhance reliability through incident management, resource monitoring, and performance optimization.

• Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and network engineering teams on ensuring production readiness and operational tools.

⛳️ Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or a comparable combination of education and experience.

• Over 5 years of demonstrated experience in software development for large-scale distributed systems.

• Expertise in OVN, OVS, OpenFlow, and contemporary network protocols.

• Proficient programming skills in C and Go; advanced scripting abilities in Bash and Python.

• Extensive knowledge of Kubernetes, with hands-on experience in deploying and supporting CNIs (OVN-Kubernetes).

• Practical experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and deployment tools such as Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, and Flux.

• Experience in designing and managing complex, multi-stage CI/CD pipelines.

• Hands-on experience in developing secure, high-performance services utilizing gRPC and REST with TLS and robust authentication.

• Strong understanding of datacenter routing, switching, and networking for Linux hosts/VMs.

• Contributions to open-source projects, particularly OVS, OVN, OVN-Kubernetes, or other Kubernetes networking initiatives.

• Experience with hardware acceleration (GPU, DPU, or similar) for networking.

• Practical experience with major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments.

• SRE/DevOps expertise, including on-call responsibilities, incident management, operations focused on service reliability, and production ownership.

• Experience with observability platforms and tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, and ELK.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Flexible working hours and remote work opportunities.

• Professional development and continuous learning programs.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.