Networking Protocol Developer

Project Description:

Product development for Data Center routing & switching platforms - Major Enterprise Networking equipment provider 
Our team: A team of networking enthusiasts willing to contribute to customer success
Technologies used: Networking protocols, Cloud-Native technologies, GitHub, JIRA, traffic generation tools, Windows/Linux servers, network virtualization, network security, network management tools, microservices and Agile methodologies
Opportunities: Design and develop the latest Networking features and solutions, collaboration with an international team of professionals, working with the latest networking technologies and concepts, access to trainings.

Responsibilities:Work closely with development engineering teams, product management, and customer solution engineering teams to design and develop feature functionality for data center networks, network security and routing technologies.
• Architect/Design/Develop network control plane functionality for highly scalable networking platforms
• Collaborate with Product Management and SQA organization to ensure the implementation meets end customer requirements for interoperability, performance, scalability, and security
• Develop detailed functional and design specifications
• Take complete ownership of the product from ideation to deployment
• Develop & Automate Unit test plans
• Review customer deployments and address customer-found issues
• Involve in customer deployments and customer escalations and help the customers to deploy Extreme Networks' solutions in the customer environment

Mandatory Skills:

• BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
• C Programming Language
• Embedded Linux
• Ethernet VPN-Virtual Extensible LAN (EVPN-VXLAN)

Mandatory Skills Description:

• Require a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science/Electronics & Communication/Information Systems
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing features in the Networking domain
• Expert programming skills in C/C++
• Excellent understanding of Layer 2, Layer 3 (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS) and overlay protocols like VxLAN, GRE, MPLS, SPB
• Good understanding of Linux operating system internals
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced agile development environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills