Senior Engineer System Software, SDN Operations

NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Full timeUSD 184,000 - 287,500 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: []

Design, build, and operate high-performance SDN solutions for NVIDIA AI Cloud GPU workloads. Own the SDN stack end-to-end, spanning control/data plane development (OVS/OVN/OpenFlow), virtual network orchestration via gRPC/REST, and large-scale operations. Drive observability using telemetry, tracing, and dashboards; enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and GitOps integration; and improve reliability through incident management and performance tuning while collaborating with SRE and DevOps teams.

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Senior Engineer System Software, SDN Operations

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate high-performance SDN solutions for NVIDIA AI Cloud GPU workloads. Own the SDN stack end-to-end, spanning control/data plane development (OVS/OVN/OpenFlow), virtual network orchestration via gRPC/REST, and large-scale operations. Drive observability using telemetry, tracing, and dashboards; enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and GitOps integration; and improve reliability through incident management and performance tuning while collaborating with SRE and DevOps teams.
Location: Santa Clara
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and develop multi-tenant cloud SDN control and data plane software (OVS, OVN, OpenFlow).
  • •Build virtual network orchestration and services with gRPC and REST to support tenant security and performance SLAs.
  • •Drive observability across the SDN stack with monitoring, telemetry, distributed tracing, and dashboards.
  • •Enhance CI/CD pipelines across Linux host networking, OVS, OVN, and Kubernetes CNIs, including GitOps integration.
  • •Ensure production reliability through incident management, resource monitoring, and performance tuning while partnering with SRE/DevOps.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 184,000 - 287,500 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
  • •8+ years of software development experience in large-scale distributed environments.
  • •Expert-level knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow, and modern network protocols.
  • •Strong programming skills in C and Go, plus advanced scripting in Bash and Python.
  • •Hands-on experience with Kubernetes CNIs, OVN-Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code/deployment tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux).
Experience:8+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Tech Stack:SDNOVSOVNOpenFlowGRPCRESTGRPC and RESTTLSKubernetesCNIOVN-KubernetesInfrastructure-as-CodeAnsibleTerraformArgoCDFluxGitLabGitOpsCGo

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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