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A leading tech firm seeks a Multicasting Engineer L3/L4 for a contract role in Rosebank, Gauteng. The role involves developing features, fixing bugs, and collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality software while focusing on multicast protocols. Attractive rates and growth opportunities are offered.
Our Client, a global tech firm, is seeking a Multicasting Engineer L3 / L4 to join their team in Rosebank (onsite) on a contract basis.
They offer stability, growth, attractive rates, and a great working environment.Multicast is a method of group communication where the sender sends data to multiple receivers or nodes present in the network simultaneously.
Multicasting is a type of one-to-many and many-to-many communication as it allows senders to send data packets to multiple receivers at once across LANs or WANs.Responsibilities : Development of new features, bug fixing, and addressing customer queries within the multicast control plane space.Experience in service provider demands while collaborating with other software teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.Develop new features and fix bugs, including customer-specific and engineering-driven initiatives.Focus on multicast protocols to meet growing demands from customers.Conduct peer code / design reviews and collaborate with adjacent software teams on programming interfaces.Develop automated tests to ensure high-quality handoff to the Test team and deliver detailed software specifications.Handle customer queries and participate in triages for issue resolution.Benefits of using multicasting : Lower bandwidth requirements : Multicasting reduces the amount of bandwidth consumed by broadcasting video, voice, or data over the network.
It only sends one stream of data, rather than multiple streams.Smooth migration path : Multicasting is compatible with existing single-stream broadcasting technology and doesn't require separate equipment purchases for new users.Uniform quality of service : Multicasting maintains data quality even when delivered to multiple destination nodes simultaneously.More efficient use of network bandwidth : Multicasting's bandwidth usage remains fixed regardless of the number of receivers.Improved scalability : Allows a single source to transmit data to multiple destinations, enhancing performance and scalability.Increased fault tolerance : A single source node for multiple streams simplifies fault tolerance; if one stream fails, others continue to operate.More applications : Facilitates communication among multiple network users or devices, enabling concurrent applications without requiring IP address knowledge.Create a job alert for this searchEngineer
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Multicasting Engineer L3 L4 Contract Onsite • Gauteng