Software Engineering Technical Leader - Cilium - Isovalent
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Job description
Cisco Isovalent is seeking a skilled and experienced Software Engineer troubleshoot, mature and improve the reliability and scalability of Isovalent Products. You will be responsible for building and enhancing a Kubernetes-native control plane to provide seamless management of its network traffic, enabling scalable, secure, and resilient traffic management in cloud and hybrid enterprise environments. You will work with a highly collaborative and skilled team to build solutions that advance the next generation of networking and security in Kubernetes environments.
What you'll do:
- Developing high-quality Go and eBPF code for Cilium OSS and Enterprise, while following open source development principles and best practices.
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve performance, reliability, and security issues in the control plane.
- Design highly scalable solution to reliably run Cilium in very large environments.
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and contribute to technical documentation.
- Work and coordinate US and EMEA teams, ensuring alignment during East Coast business hours (EST/EDT).
Requirements
Do you have experience in Software troubleshooting?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelors Computer Science degree, or related fields
- 4+ years of experience in Go, 2+ years of experience in C or eBPF
- Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Native workloads and/or distributed systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge about Linux systems design, security and/or networking, Linux kernel
- Desire to write high quality and efficient code
- Experience designing and implementing APIs
- A public track record of open-source code commits is a plus