Platform Software Engineer (Networking Systems)

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Platform Software Engineer (Networking Systems) This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: We help some of the world’s largest and most exciting companies modernize their networks that are self-driving. Through HPE networking, we’re providing next-generation network access solutions for enterprise in the campus and branch domain by creating new customer experiences. Join us redefine what’s next for you. Platform Software Engineer (Networking Systems) Architect and build the system software behind high-performance ethernet switching networking platforms by owning design decisions end-to-end, optimizing for reliability and performance, and delivering capabilities that run at scale in real-world mission critical deployments. What you’ll do: Responsibilities: • Drive system design and implementation for platform software across core networking subsystems, including: • Chassis/line-card platform services, Ethernet interfaces, optics, and the underlying system infrastructure that ties hardware and software together • Own architecture and end-to-end delivery within JunOS or Junos Evolved - define interfaces between hardware and software and between various software components, evaluate design trade-offs, implement, and integrate across the networking software stack. • Partner with system and solution test teams to set quality bars and build performance and reliability requirements, feedback to strong test strategy, and shorten debug/triage cycles. • Work with support teams as the engineering owner – to perform root-cause analysis on production issues, drive fixes to closure, and continually harden the switching platform for best customer experience. What you need to bring: Education and Experience Required: • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related discipline. Master’s desirable. • Typically, 4-10 years’ experience. Knowledge and Skills: • Deep experience with low-level systems domain: device drivers, board/system bring-up, and FreeBSD/Linux internals. • Strong systems debugging skills - able to isolate cross-layer failures (hardware/firmware/OS), and reason about performance, concurrency, and resource bottlenecks. • AI-first engineering mindset: comfortable using AI-assisted tools (e

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