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STAFF SW SYSTEMS ENGINEER 10302-Cloud Networking & Microservices (Java/Golang, AWS/Azure)

Extreme Networks

Responsibilities

  • Technically lead the sustenance team responsible for maintaining, supporting, and enhancing Network Automation and Orchestration products.
  • Own the overall sustenance engineering lifecycle, including defect resolution, product enhancements, maintenance releases, and associated design, code, and unit/integration test artifacts.
  • Drive engineering excellence through effective debugging, root-cause analysis, code quality, regression testing, and automation of repetitive maintenance activities.
  • Analyse production issues and customer-reported defects, establish root causes, and drive timely resolution in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Mentor team members on troubleshooting, design principles, coding standards, testing practices, and effective problem-solving.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Management, Development, QA, Customer Support, and other engineering teams to ensure end-to-end resolution of product issues and successful delivery of enhancements.

Requirements

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

  • Linux OS proficiency, advanced data structures, and IPC mechanisms
  • Intricate understanding of multi-threading, routines, network programming, and object-oriented methodologies

Preferred

  • Experience with network orchestration platforms and automation frameworks
  • Background in building scalable, highly available distributed systems
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical teams
  • Familiarity with containerized deployment architectures and orchestration platforms
  • Prior experience with telemetry and streaming analytics

Experience

: 8-13 Years

Core Competencies

  • Complete exposure to the entire Product Life Cycle (MUST HAVE)
  • Proficiency in local and remote debugging
  • Architecture and Design

Microservices-based architecture and best practices

Hands-on experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes (K8s, K3s) clusters, and Helm charts

Exposure to cloud application development

Sound data and information modelling techniques using YANG, UML, JSON, and related tools

Programming and Development

  • Strong coding and debugging experience with Java or Golang
  • Agile Development Model with CI/CD, Jenkins pipeline, and Git environment

Data Management and Messaging

  • Database concepts and deployment models: RDBMS, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MariaDB
  • Messaging services such as RabbitMQ and Kafka
  • Working experience with webhook and web sockets

Networking and Protocols

  • OpenAPI, OpenConfig, NETCONF, Streaming Telemetry, GNMI, gRPC, and XMPP
  • Knowledge of WLAN or L2/L3 OSI layer protocols: 802.1Q, LAGs, VxLAN, EVPN, ACLs, Route Policy, MPLS/VPLS, BGP, L2 Forwarding, and L3 Routing