Staff/Principal Protocol Engineer at Viavi Solutions Inc. in Morrisville, North Carolina

Job Description:

Summary:

Duties & Responsibilities:

Summary:    
As a technical leader in the VIAVI Optical Transport team, you will be designing the systems and capabilities of our next generation of products high-speed Ethernet testing
    
Duties and Responsibilities:    

• Working with your team in the Morrisville, NC location near the Research Triangle Park and with VIAVI colleagues located worldwide


• Creating and improving upon protocol test workflows for the Optical Transport product line


• Defining and optimizing new product features in close coordination with the product management team


• Solving complex engineering problems with robust product designs and code that demonstrates new ideas and technologies


• Collaborating with other technical leaders in the company to continually refine best practices for development and test, including necessary resources and metrics for successful product launches

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:

Qualifications:    

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Enginering, or equivalent


• 10+ years development experience with embedded Linux systems


• Demonstrated ability in a technical role, including requirements analysis and effort estimation


• Experience with integrating and debugging network applications and systems


• Linux application development


• C/C++


• TCP/IP network protocol, sockets


• Multi-threaded applications


• Deployment and evaluation of performance on virtual machines, hypervisors, containers


• JSON, RESTful APIs


• Familiarity with continuous integration processes, CI/CD pipelines (Git, Bamboo, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.)

    
Additional preferred qualifications:

• Network test methodologies, instrumentation, packet analysis


• Linux kernel module development and creation of custom drivers


• Python, Perl, or other scripting languages


• XML, YAML

If you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.

VIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer – minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.