63416P-Software Engineer Sr Staff (Linux, Kernel, Bring up)

About Platform Team

Our team in Juniper is responsible for driving technology leadership in the Juniper routing, switching, enterprise, access and aggregation routers developments for next generation 5G networks, deployed in some of the world’s largest service provider, data center, enterprise and metro ethernet networks.

We are driving Juniper’s growth in revenue and market share in service providers, data center, enterprise, access, and aggregation space, by delivering market leading products with continuous innovation and relentless execution. These products (either modular or chassis based) are based on either Juniper homegrown switching ASIC or based on merchant silicon.

Responsibilities

• You will be part of the platform team, responsible for developing platform software in the areas of:
  • Board-bring up related experience.
  • 10G, 40G, 100G and 400G interface related platform software like interface drivers etc.
  • Platform infrastructure related software like Chassis/line card, fabric, Optics, HA, etc.
  • Device Drivers & SOC SDK Integrations
• You will be responsible for these product developments in the platform area in either JunOS or Junos Evolved based software architecture.
• In addition to the design & development activity, you are required to work closely with system and solution test teams to ensure products/solutions delivered are of the highest quality.
• You will be required to work closely with Juniper Technical Assistance Team to provide engineering assistance in supporting critical customer escalations for customer deployments.

Requirements

• BTech / MTech in CS/CE or related field with 14+ years of proven experience.
• In-depth knowledge of data networking, e.g., TCP/IP, Ethernet, Switching, Routing etc.
• In-depth knowledge of kernel device drivers, system bring-up, FreeBSD/Linux internals.
• Understanding of Ethernet, OTN, SONET etc. technologies. 
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong in C, C++ programming, OO analysis & design, data structures and system debugging skills.
• Good understanding of firmware, hardware level details for Optics, PCIe, SPI, I2C, FPGA, CPLD, MDIO, Flash Driver.
• Prior software development experience on networking products or board bring-up experience is MUST.