About the company
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
Responsibilities
- Lead the introduction of new network hardware systems, including detailed engineering validation in lab environments.
- Gather requirements, contribute to network architecture, and execute hardware design and product validation.
- Partner with Network Engineering & Operations, Datacenter Engineering & Operations, and other operational teams to make network hardware decisions.
- Develop tools and automation to effectively evaluate network hardware performance.
- Assist operational engineers by troubleshooting, reproducing, and resolving network hardware issues.
- Document and share results and updates via blog/wiki posts, ticketing systems, and internal presentations.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven ability to conduct thorough evaluation and experimentation, including testing, measurement, and/or simulation of hardware performance.
- Extensive experience with networking hardware architecture, validation, performance benchmarking, debugging, and deployment.
- Deep knowledge of network engineering and protocols used in data center switching and routing as well as Internet routing.
- Track record of driving engineering projects from idea to experiment to implementation.
- Demonstrated success in working with OEM/ODMs and technology vendors.
- Professional-level proficiency in Python or similar programming and/or scripting languages.
- Familiarity with various coding agents and other AI tools and technologies.
- Nice-to-have: Adept at automating traffic generation equipment (Spirent/Ixia) and test cases; in-depth hardware knowledge of platforms (ASICs, TCAMs, Packet-Pipelines, etc); experience with Optical Line Systems and troubleshooting transceiver issues; familiarity with network operating systems such as Junos, IOS-XR, EOS, SONiC, and ArcOS; experience with white-box network switches and open source projects; proficient in using observability and monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana; hands-on experience with configuring and validating RoCEv2 fabrics.
Conditions
- Hybrid work model.
- Available location: Austin, TX.