Network Engineer, Product Software

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Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled & motivated Staff Engineer to join our Network Platform Engineering (NPE) team. In this role, you will support the certification and validation of Network Operating Systems (NOS), Fabric interconnection/IX features & new product features before production deployment. You will build and maintain staging topologies, execute structured test plans, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure network reliability and performance.

This is an individual contributor role at the intersection of Network infrastructure & software engineering. You will work closely with Senior Staff and Principal Engineers, as well as Product, Engineering, Operations, and Observability teams, to contribute to the velocity and quality of network certification and deployment pipelines.

This role requires solid networking fundamentals, hands-on lab experience, willingness to own technical problems end-to-end, and a continuous drive to develop in depth network technologies and automation.

ResponsibilitiesNOS & Feature Certification:
Execute and document test plans to certify new NOS releases, Fabric interconnection & new product features before production deployment under the guidance of senior engineers

Lab Environment Management:
Build and maintain staging environments that replicate service provider and data center topologies for testing purposes

Regression & Scale/Performance Testing:
Conduct interoperability, scalability, and high-availability testing across multi-vendor environments

Vendor Liaison:
Collaborate with network vendors to track and validate software bug fixes, validate hotfixes, escalating complex issues to senior team members

Production Readiness:
Contribute to deployment playbooks and rollback strategies alongside production engineering teams

Feature Research & Evaluation:
Assist in evaluating emerging network technologies and vendor features ahead of production integration

Network Engineering & Automation Contribute to the design and implementation of network infrastructure solutions spanning Layers 1–3, in a scalable and reliable manner

Develop and execute test plans to validate architectural designs, NOS features, and customer use cases in lab environment

Demonstrate solid understanding of service provider and DC networking technologies including BGP (iBGP/eBGP, policies, RR), MPLS, EVPN, IS-IS, OSPF, and Segment Routing, QoS in multi-vendor environments

Working knowledge of technologies such as VXLAN, EPL, EVPL, EPLAN, EVPLAN, ETREE in multi-vendor environments

Configure, operate, and troubleshoot hardware and NOS platforms including Nokia, Juniper, Cisco, and Arrcus Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to improve efficiency of certification and test workflows

Qualifications

Required Expertise5+ years of experience in Network Engineering and Automation Solid understanding of OSI layers; hands-on experience with routing and switching in multi-vendor environments (Required)
Proficiency in service provider and data center networking protocols​Routing: BGP (iBGP/eBGP, route policies, communities), OSPF, IS-ISMPLS: LDP, RSVP-TE, Segment Routing (SR-MPLS, SRv6)
Overlay/Underlay: VXLAN, EVPN, L3

VPN, L2

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