Network Engineer, Product Software
Core
Staff Engineer supporting certification and validation of Network Operating Systems (NOS), Fabric interconnection, and new product features before production deployment.
Role type
Staff Network Platform Engineer (Individual Contributor)
Builds
Network certification pipelines, staging topologies, and deployment playbooks for service provider and data center networks.
Domain
Network Infrastructure & Software Engineering (Service Provider & Data Center)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
BGP (iBGP/eBGP, policies), OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS (LDP, RSVP-TE, Segment Routing), VXLAN, EVPN, Python, Ansible, NETCONF, RESTCONF, gNMI, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, network automation, multi-vendor troubleshooting
Preferred skills
AI/ML tools for test automation, LLMs for log analysis, AWS networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway), hybrid cloud architecture
Technologies
Nokia, Juniper, Cisco, Arrcus, Spirent, Keysight/Ixia, IPerf, TRex, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
Responsibilities
Execute test plans to certify new NOS releases and product features; Build and maintain staging environments replicating service provider and data center topologies; Conduct interoperability, scalability, and high-availability testing across multi-vendor environments; Collaborate with network vendors to validate software bug fixes and hotfixes; Contribute to deployment playbooks and rollback strategies; Develop and maintain automation scripts to improve certification workflows
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC