Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provides development engineering and programming support to projects and infrastructure support activities.
• Develops, creates, and modifies general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.
• Analyzes user needs and develops software solutions.
• Designs software or customizes software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.
• Determines feasibility of design within time and cost restraints.
• Works individually or coordinates development as part of a team.
• Design and develop tools for the Linux, MS Windows, or other relevant operating system platforms.
• Design and develop tools that integrate with commercial applications.
• Develops unit and functional test plans.
• Provide the operations and maintenance of operational systems.
• Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost restraints.
• Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance.
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.
• Conduct trial runs of program and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
• Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instruction so others can understand the program.
• Write, update, and maintain computer programs or software packages to handle specific jobs, such as tracking inventory, storing or receiving data, or controlling other equipment.
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Correct errors by making appropriate changes and then recheck the program to ensure that the desired results are produced.
• Collaborate with internal teams to identify technical requirements and implement solutions that meet business needs.
• Implement best practices for automation, backup, disaster recovery, and system redundancy.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in cloud computing and IT systems administration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:
• Serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project.
• Must have hands-on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years on network automation.
• Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment.
• Experience in network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO).
• Experience with IP Address Management tools such as NetBox.
• Experience in Development of automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python PyATS or similar testing framework and Jenkins.
• Experience in developing data models and understanding of Yang.
• Exposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR. NX –OS and Junos operating systems desired.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.
• Familiar with network concepts (VLAN, Interfaces, Virtual Chassis, etc).
• Familiar with configuring docker/podman containers on Linux.
• Familiar with AWS (EC2 and RDS).
• Familiar with Python to make REST API or Postgres Db calls (desired / nice to have).
• Familiar with NetBox and/or Forward Networks.