Software DevOps Engineer, Networking

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a senior DevOps engineer for its networking software teams in Santa Clara. You will own end-to-end pipelines across GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions, building and evolving Kubernetes-based CI runtimes and artifact registries while integrating security gates.

You will automate hardware and simulation test environments with Ansible and Python, collaborate across time zones, and drive release readiness for Debian/RPM and container images.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in DevOps, build/release, or infrastructure roles with end-to-end pipelines.
• Deep hands-on Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL): shell, debugging, package management, hosting fleets, containers with Docker.
• Strong automation in Python and Bash.
• Production track record with GitLab CI, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, including multi-stage pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines across GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions—from MR gates to nightly regressions and release packaging.
• Keep pipeline signal trustworthy, stabilize flaky lanes, and translate nightly results into actionable product work.
• Operate and evolve the build infrastructure—Kubernetes-based CI runners, registries, artifacts, caching, retention, access control.
• Integrate quality and security gates (coverage, static analysis, tests, scanning) and drive findings to closure.
• Automate provisioning of hardware- and simulation-based test environments with Ansible and Python.
• Collaborate with C++/Python developers and lab teams to unblock builds and enforce repo standards.
• Apply AI-assisted tooling to DevOps workflows to reduce toil.

Skills

Linux proficiency

Python scripting

Bash scripting

CI/CD coordination

Communication

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

NVIDIA's networking software runs the fabrics inside the world's largest AI systems: NVLink and InfiniBand switch management, subnet managers, in-network computing, and fabric telemetry. Our infrastructure and DevOps team owns how that software is built, tested, scanned, and released — the CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes-based build fleets, artifact and container registries, quality and security gates, and the hardware-simulation and lab environments the product teams rely on every day. We are looking for a senior DevOps engineer who is at home on Linux, automates in Python and Bash without hesitation, and takes pipelines end to end, from a red nightly to a signed release. The work spans a dozen active repositories and three CI systems, together with a distributed team of DevOps and product engineers across the US and Israel. Every build the networking software organization ships passes through what this role owns.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for a portfolio of networking software products across GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions — from merge-request gates to nightly regressions and release pipelines that package, sign, and publish Debian and RPM packages and container images.
• Keep pipeline signal trustworthy: make failures visible and actionable, remove failure masking, stabilize flaky lanes, and turn nightly regression results into something product teams act on.
• Operate and evolve the build infrastructure — Kubernetes-based CI runner fleets, container registries and artifact repositories, caching, retention policies, and access control.
• Integrate quality and security gates into every pipeline: code coverage, static analysis, unit and functional test lanes, secret and container scanning, dependency and vulnerability scanning — and drive findings to closure with the owning teams.
• Automate provisioning of hardware- and simulation-based test environments with Ansible and Python.
• Partner with C++ and Python developers, verification engineers, and lab and infrastructure teams to unblock builds, harden release paths, and set repository standards — branch protection, code owners, merge policies.
• Apply AI-assisted tooling to DevOps work — automated code review, failure-triage assistants, agent workflows — wherever it removes toil.

What we need to see:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

5+ years in DevOps, build and release, or infrastructure engineering roles, including pipelines owned end to end.

Deep, hands-on Linux skills on Ubuntu and RHEL: shell fluency, process and system debugging, package management, operating fleets of hosts, and containers with Docker.

Strong automation in Python and Bash.

Production track record with at least one modern CI system — GitLab CI, Jenkins pipelines, or GitHub Actions — including multi-stage pipelines for both compiled and interpreted codebases.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes as a CI and infrastructure platform, plus container registries and artifact repositories.

Familiarity with software quality and security tooling: coverage, static analysis, secret and vulnerability scanning.

Solid grounding in computer networking fundamentals and Git-based development workflows.

Ownership and clear communication — able to drive a problem across teams and time zones and to document what you build.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Building and packaging C/C++ projects with CMake and Conan, and keeping large compiled builds fast and reproducible.

Familiarity with high-performance networking — InfiniBand, Ethernet fabrics, NVLink — or with switch and network-management software.

Running SonarQube, Coverity, Bullseye, or container and secret scanning at scale.

Practical use of AI agents and LLM tooling to automate DevOps and verification workflows.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 235,750 USD for Level 3, and 176,000 USD - 276,000 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 20, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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