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Manager, Customer Enablement Engineering - Networking

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$224k2026-05-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead customer enablement engineers to qualify NVIDIA-Cumulus Linux and drive joint success in Data Center networking solutions.

Role type

Senior IC manager (customer enablement engineering)

Builds

Network Operating System software qualifications and production test content

Domain

Data Center networking, cloud native technologies, Linux kernel networking

Required skills

Leadership, software quality engineering, Layer2/Layer3 protocols (MLAG, VLAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN), test tools (Ixia, Spirent), Python scripting, Unix/Linux OS, CI methodology (Git, Gerrit, Jenkins)

Preferred skills

Data center networking expertise, cloud native technologies, customer account management (telecom/cloud providers), system-level experience (data forwarding, Linux kernel, system software)

Technologies

Cumulus Linux, Ixia, Spirent, Python, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, MLAG, VLAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN

Responsibilities

Manage/lead customer enablement engineers, act as 'feet on the ground' for complex support cases, collaborate with product/engineering teams to align roadmaps, guide team career development, analyze customer-found defects and test gaps, resolve issues found during testing

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities