Senior Cloud Networking Engineer II: Scale & Performance

IBM; Armonk (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in Armonk, NY is hiring software engineers to grow the Traffic team that builds the networking fabric for Confluent Cloud. You will design, develop and operate high-performance systems across containers, microservices, and virtualization to support scalable cloud networking.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, cost optimization, and collaboration across cloud providers, with proficiency in C++, Go, and Python.

Qualifications

• Education in computer science or 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 the 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. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing and operationalizing high performance, scalable, reliable and resilient systems
• 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 that spans all the 3 clouds and includes microservices, containers, and virtualization

Skills

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Network engineering

Public clouds

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Envoy

Linux

eBPF

Job description

IBM Software in Armonk, NY is hiring software engineers to grow the Traffic team that builds the networking fabric for Confluent Cloud. You will design, develop and operate high-performance systems across containers, microservices, and virtualization to support scalable cloud networking.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, cost optimization, and collaboration across cloud providers, with proficiency in C++, Go, and Python.