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Job Description

What you will do (Job Specific Details on the nature of the job and responsibilities).

Position: Staff Software Systems Engineer Technical Lead Cloud Networking

Domain: Cloud Networking and Orchestration

Experience Level: 8-12 Years

Qualification: B.E/ or equivalent in CS/EEE/ECE

Location: Only Chennai

Key Responsibilities

- Technically lead the team of professionals to deliver Network Automation and Orchestration products
- Own the overall design and development artifacts including functional and design specifications code and unit/integration test cases
- Introduce and passionately drive the implementation of best-in-class engineering practices such as Test-Driven Development and Design Principles
- Develop Epics Stories and Tasks for execution and collaborate across teams for complete solution integration
- Establish technical standards and mentor team members in adherence to best practices
- Drive architectural decisions and technical implementations for scalable maintainable solutions
- Required Skills and Expertise

Core Competencies

- Complete exposure to the entire Product Life Cycle (MUST HAVE)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- 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 modeling techniques using YANG UML JSON and related tools

Programming and Development

- Strong coding and debugging experience with Java or Golang
- Linux OS proficiency advanced data structures and IPC mechanisms
- Intricate understanding of multi-threading routines network programming and object-oriented methodologies
- 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 L2/L3 OSI layer protocols: 802.1Q LAGs VxLAN EVPN ACLs Route Policy MPLS/VPLS BGP L2 Forwarding and L3 Routing

Preferred Qualifications

- 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

What We Offer

Extreme Networks offers an innovative environment where you will drive transformative cloud networking solutions. You will work alongside highly skilled engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams and have significant influence over product architecture and technical direction.



This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise networking while establishing engineering excellence across the organization.

Equal Opportunity

Extreme Networks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees.

Job Description Summary

We are seeking an accomplished Staff Software Systems Engineer Technical Lead to drive the development of our Network Automation and Orchestration this strategic technical leadership role you will own the end-to-end design and development of cloud networking solutions mentor technical teams and establish best-in-class engineering practices. Your expertise in microservices containerization and cloud-native development will be instrumental in shaping the future of Extremes cloud networking platform.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements and Preferred Qualifications for the job.

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