Senior Cloud Networking Engineer

HITEC; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Training & certifications

Job summary

IBM Software in the United States seeks software engineers to grow our Traffic team, which builds and manages the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. The role focuses on large-scale distributed systems, network data planes for cloud workloads across multiple clouds, and performance optimization.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud infrastructure, with proficiency in C++, Go, Python, and Kubernetes networking; experience with Envoy and Linux kernel networking is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Education in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, operating systems, etc).
• A self-starter with ability to work effectively in teams.
• Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages.
• Experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Build the software underpinning the mission-critical Confluent Cloud network data plane platform.
• Independently drive execution of software projects to deliver complex projects in production with a focus on quality.
• Build upon open source software to deliver business impact.
• Troubleshoot issues and improve ops for complex technical stack spanning multiple clouds and includes microservices, containers, and virtualization.

Skills

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Public clouds

Networking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Envoy proxy

Linux kernel networking

eBPF

Job description

IBM Software in the United States seeks software engineers to grow our Traffic team, which builds and manages the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. The role focuses on large-scale distributed systems, network data planes for cloud workloads across multiple clouds, and performance optimization.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud infrastructure, with proficiency in C++, Go, Python, and Kubernetes networking; experience with Envoy and Linux kernel networking is highly valued.