freebsd jobs - Nov 2012 - Seeking Software Engineer with Manageability and FreeBSD experience (Sunnyvale, CA)

ABOUT JUNIPER NETWORKS

Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation.
 From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud
providers, Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon
and systems that transform the experience and economics of
networking. Our products and technology run the world's
largest and most demanding networks today, enabling service
providers, enterprises, and governments to create value
and accelerate business success. Everyday our 9,000+
colleagues come together across 46 countries to realize our
company vision - Connect Everything, Empower Everyone. We
are innovating in ways that empower our customers, our
partners and ultimately, everyone, in a connected world.
These customers include the top 130 global service providers,
96 of the Fortune 100 and hundreds of public sector organizations.


TEAM and RESPONSIBILITIES

The Junos Manageability team is responsible for the Junos
Management Infrastructure which enables customers to easily
deploy and manage Juniper devices.  The team is responsible
for the solution definition for the entire Junos product
range and supports the solution requirements for all the
Market segments (Service Providers, Data Centers, Enterprise
etc.).    We are looking for creative engineers who enjoy
being challenged by problems of scale and complexity. As
member of the team, you will be working on the systems
architecture, systems software, and will get to design and
implement novel operating system techniques and algorithms
for On-Device Management of Juniper products.  As a member
of the team you will participate all phases of software
development, including specification, design, implementation,
testing and sustaining. Additionally, you will interact with
and influence other engineering groups, as well as the Sales
and Support organizations.

Lead the engineering effort in the area of ownership at
subsystem level.

Participate and influence technical discussions within the
immediate group and across groups, where evaluating and
executing design and development plans for products are
reviewed.

Participate in all phases of the product development cycle
from product definition and design, through implementation
including:
     Architecture
     Design
     Implementation and Testing

Provide support to key Customers.

Work and interact with geographically distributed teams
(including development and QA).

Willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities
that will contribute towards team, department, and company goals.

Excellent C programming skills, with emphasis on writing scalable
code.  UNIX scripting skills will be an added advantage.

Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment of
other engineers to meet aggressive goals and meet high quality
standards.

Must have strong debugging and trouble shooting skills.

Must have strong skills in UNIX/FreeBSD development.

Excellent verbal and written skills.

Strong aptitude for learning new technologies.

Exposure to High Availability, Clustering and Scalable Technologies
is highly desirable.

Prior experience with design, development and maintenance of
system software components such as Memory management, IPC ,
CLI parser, XML/NetConf based configuration agents, Software
License Management, Software Packaging etc., highly desirable

Prior experience with design, development of RADIUS/TACACS etc.
for Networking Equipment is desirable

Prior experience with design and development of SNMP agents,
MIBs is a plus.


LOCATION

Prefer candidates local to Juniper headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.


CONTACT

Han Trieu, Software Engineering Manager
hant at juniper.net