NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people on the planet working for us. If you're creative, passionate, and self-motivated, we want to hear from you! We are looking for an experienced networking software engineer. An awesome candidate is highly technical who is also comfortable with dealing with enterprise customers. You will join a team of Solution Engineers focused on the Mellanox Networking, DGX Platforms, Container Orchestrators, Deep Learning containers, and other Enterprise related system software.
SW Solution Engineers spend approximately 50% of their time helping customers with their most complex problems and 50% of their time doing R&D related work. This individual should have proven grasp of datacenter and networking technologies, to provide comprehensive solutions for complex installations, maintenance, or operations for a broad scope of leading-edge networking products.
What you'll be doing:
- Take ownership and drive customer issues concerning InfiniBand/NVLink switch deployments from inception to resolution.
- Develop features and tools as part of solution engineering efforts to support all Enterprise Service offerings including but not limited to Networking products.
- Work with NVIDIA Enterprise customers and internal users to improve the availability, reliability, and overall experience of working with NVIDIA Networking products.
- Bring independent analysis, communication, and problem-solving to customer experience.
- Collaborate with engineering to document, recreate and solve issues.
What we need to see:
- BSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years system software development and troubleshooting experience, ideally with some customer facing.
- Experience developing C in kernel and/or application space and/or embedded software.
- Hands-on experience in troubleshooting and analysis of the common datacenter networking protocols/technologies (e.g.: LACP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN)
- Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, flexibility, analytical ability, self-motivation, and team orientation.
- Professional-level communication skills, interpersonal skills with a passion to solve problems.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Familiarity with InfiniBand/Ethernet networks, RDMA protocol, RoCE, DPUs, HPC applications (MPI/UCX), OVS
- Proven ability to deeply analyze IP / Layer 2 switching / Layer 3 routing networking protocols (ARP, STP, LACP, MLAG, IGMP, PIM, BGP, OSPF).
- Contributions to networking related open-source projects.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of system software development and troubleshooting experience, ideally including customer-facing work
- Experience developing C in kernel space, application space, or embedded software
- Hands-on troubleshooting and analysis of datacenter networking protocols and technologies, including LACP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, and VXLAN
- Professional-level communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with InfiniBand or Ethernet networks, RDMA, RoCE, DPUs, HPC applications, or OVS
- Deep analysis of IP, Layer 2 switching, and Layer 3 routing protocols
- Contributions to networking-related open-source projects
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