Job Description

Routing and Switching Protocol development engineer
This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
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Job Family Definition:
Contribute to shaping HPE's vision for next-generation data centre and enterprise switching/routing products and solutions. You will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining routing and switching software for HPE product lines.
Management Level Definition:
Collaborate with product management and cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive software functional specifications and articulate system/software architecture specifications to ensure product features meet requirements. Conduct detailed design and implementation, unit testing, protocol integration, and other related software component development for products and features. Exercise independent judgment and consult with others to determine the best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives.
What you'll do:
Responsibilities:
Own and drive end-to-end development of routing protocol features, including requirement elaboration, technical design, implementation, and unit testing.
Design and develop high-quality, scalable, and robust protocol software with a strong focus on correctness, performance, and maintainability.
Develop and maintain unit tests and test automation frameworks to ensure high code quality and early defect detection.
Actively support functional and system testing, including debugging and fixing defects found during integration, scale, and customer-like test scenarios.
Participate in and lead design reviews, requirement reviews, and code reviews for work delivered by self and other team members, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural guidelines.
Read, interpret, and implement IETF RFCs and Internet-Drafts, translating standards into production-grade implementations.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing, and deliver features efficiently without compromising quality.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including architecture, QA, systems, and customer support to deliver high-impact networking solutions.
What you need to bring:
Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Typically 5-8 years experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong passion for systems programming in C/C++ with a solid grasp of complex data structures and algorithms.
• Good understanding of computer networking fundamentals and the functioning of the TCP/IP stack.
• Sound knowledge of multiprocessing and parallel processing concepts, with the ability to design safe, scalable, and high-performance software.
• Development experience with one or more routing protocols such as BFD, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, L2VPN, L3VPN, MVPN, RSVP, LDP, or Segment Routing is a strong plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the right aptitude, attitude, and eagerness to learn.
• Self-driven, motivated, and quick learner, willing to explore new areas in routing protocols and networking infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience debugging complex systems involving multiple processes and threads, including analysis of crashes, scalability and performance issues, packet loss, memory leaks, inter-process communication, and memory corruption.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

Additional Skills: Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design, Testing & Automation, User Experience (UX)
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have -- whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job Level: TCP_03
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