Java Backend Developer

JOB DESCRIPTION :

The SDN Planning group under Telecommunication Network Technology and Planning organization is looking for a self-motivated and innovative thinking senior software engineering consultant in support of Telecommunication SDN architecture and technology development and deployment. As software consultant, you will be interacting with software engineers, network / system operations staff, network / system architects to keep our service relevance in the market place in the fast moving and quickly evolving networking industry. Proactive technology research, software development, problem solving mindset, developing next generation network architecture using modern networking technology (e.g., Software Defined Networking) and providing production deployable solutions are key functions of the team.

MUST HAVE SKILLS :

10+ years of hands on software development experience including design, development, debugging and support, building scalable software systems and software infrastructure.

In-depth understanding of scale out infrastructure, distributed systems and web services technologies.

Experienced in designing and applying data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented concepts to solve challenging problems

Experience working with ODL, REST, RESTCONF and RPC services and other client / server models

Building and delivering mission critical, 24x7 production quality software systems

Transforming the monolithic software systems into micro service-oriented software systems

Experience in Linux environments with Linux automation scripting and / or software development (Ansible, Python, Bash)

Experience with Linux networking & virtualization environments / technologies (KVM, containers) and container scheduling / management platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)

Open Source tools development, implementation, and / or collaboration experience

Strong problem-solving skills, ability to analyze and implement enhancements to existing applications / code

Strong written & verbal communication skills

DESIRED SKILLS :

Experience with programming languages (Java) and software debugging tools ( jdb, jmx)

Experience using source code tracking and version control systems (Stash / GIT / GitLab)

Experience in an agile development environment as part of a team of engineers, developers and testers

Experienced in integrating and developing messaging infrastructures (kafka, thrift, proto-buf)

Experience with open source logging and reporting solutions (Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Grafana, Splunk)

Database development experience (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, SQL / NoSQL)

Open API (REST / RESTCONF / NETCONF) and data modeling (YANG) verification and development

New technology validation, prototyping and integration experience

Multi-vendor system integration experience

Developing applications using microservice architecture

High Availability and distributed software architecture development & design

ODL (Open-Day-Light) controller internals and experience in developing ODL applications

Understanding of SDN architecture and technology (control plane, data plane, management plane, orchestration, etc.)

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS :

BS / MS degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline / experience