Staff SW Applications Engineer (9516)

• Role:
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
• Write clean, reusable, scalable and secure code for deployment adhering to standard methodologies.
• Create and review technical documentation and specifications, as necessary.
• Design solutions, establish best practices and introduce/implement new technologies.
• Designing systems that are scalable and performant to handle the increasing demands of our users.
• Conducting thorough code reviews and providing constructive feedback to ensure code quality, security, and maintainability.
• Provide technical leadership for the development team, representing them in Customer-facing interactions, taking ownership in sprint delivery and resolving functional and technical issues.
• Delivering application that are based on pre-existing designs or other client requirements.
• Technically lead the team of professionals to deliver Network Automation/Orchestration Product
• Idea Incubation,  Solution Completeness and PLM Interfacing
• Customer Engagement/Conversation, Roadmap Planning and strategizing execution
• Bring in Best in Class Engineering practices and passionately drive the implementation of the same - be it Test Driven Development and Design Principles
• Lead architecture, design and implementation for the product

Required Skills:

• Complete exposure to the entire Product Life Cycle is a MUST
• Backend developer with advanced backend skills (Dockers, Kubernetes, GlusterFS, Clustering).
• Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns with coding experience in GoLang, C, Java, Python, shell scripting
• Micro services-based Architecture and their best practices. Hands-on experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes (K8s, K3s) cluster, Helm charts.
• Good understanding of IPC mechanisms, multi-threading/routines, Network programming and Object-oriented methodologies.
• DB concepts and Deployment models - MySQL/GORM/No SQL/Clustering/Postgres/Redis/MariaDb.
• Messaging Services like RabbitMQ/NATS/Kafka and clustering.
• Working experience of webhooks/websockets/API gateways/Nginx.
• Security Protocols and technologies viz., OAuth2, AAA, RBAC, LDAP, HTTPS, Certs, Syslog/RELP.
• Experience in API design using OpenAPI/OpenConfig/GNMI/GRPC/REST/NetConf.
• Sound Data/Information modelling techniques and tools used for Modelling like YANG, UML, JSON etc..
• Agile Development Model with CI/CD, Jenkins pipeline and working knowledge of Git environment.
• Demonstrable ability to generalize variety of data inputs into well-formed/conceptualized models exposed to different set of North Bound agents via REST APIs.
• Exposure to NFV/SDN Solution and solving real deployment challenges thereof, will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge in L2/L3 OSI layer Protocols - 802.1Q; LAGs; VxLAN; EVPN; ACLs; Route Policy; MPLS/VPLS; BGP; and L2 Forwarding; L3 Routing will be desirable.
• Have excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for building high-quality products.
• Have strong communication skills, both technical and non-technical, with the ability to collaborate effectively and work with cross-functional global teams across different time zones.
• Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently.