HP Enterprise—Principal Engineer-Product and Network Validation

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Description: Principal Engineer-Product and Network Validation This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work 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: What You’ll Do: Responsible for providing solid support of Networking Products that involve customer-specific tests for a release, product, and solution. This role requires to develop and maintain expertise on the products deployed within the Specific Customer Networks. This senior level role seeks candidates having strong expertise in networking fundamentals, L2/L3 protocols and hands on experience in both manual & automation of multi-dimensional scaled solutions testing. In addition, the role also requires very strong ownership mindset and subject matter expertise in driving outcomes wrt to solution validation and accountability. Responsibilities: - Designs limited enhancements, updates, and programming changes for portions and subsystems of systems software, including operating systems, compliers, networking, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools. - Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required based on specific objectives and established project guidelines. - Executes and writes portions of testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned portion of application; identifies and debugs issues with code and suggests changes or improvements. - Participates as a member of project team of other software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to develop reliable, cost effective and high quality solutions for assigned systems portion or subsystem. - Collaborates and communicates with internal and outsourced development partners regarding software systems design status, project progress, and issue resolution. What You Need to Bring: Education and Experience Required: • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electronics, Electrical or equivalent. • Typically 15 years strong experience in networking with proven hands-on experience in Routing and Switching areas across eVPN-VxLAN, DCI, Aggregation, Collapsed core/Aggregation based NW deployment designs • Strong ownership mindset to be accountable for solution and feature validation and owning customer requirements and use cases across Legacy and eVPN-VxLAN based deployments in Enterprise campus business for both wired and wireless architecture Knowledge and Skills: - Internet Protocols: TCP, UDP, IPv4/IPv6 - Domain Knowledge: Enterprise Campus and Data Centre Technologies and AI/ML Data Center Network Technologies - Networking Protocols: BGP, OSPF/ISIS, ARP, VLANS, MPLS, L3VPN, MC-LAG, LACP, L2VPN, VPLS, Multicast, NGMVPN, EVPN-VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, NAT, HTTP, NetConf, OISM, GBP, Firewall/ACL, Access Security/DHCP/Dot1x etc. - Layer 2 technologies, Spanning Tree, LAG, MC-LAG, Virtual Chassis, CLOS Architecture, HA Design Concepts, EVPN - Test Knowledge: Own Test Plans and Test Execution, Understanding of Complex Customer Networks for detailed use case analysis and validation. - Automation: Proven experience in automated test execution, ability to debug automation failures, and narrow down software issues from test results and logs. Knowledge in Python/Pytest/Go or any other scripting language. - Expertise in use of networking test equipment like Spirent and Ixia, including automation. Experience on wireless simulators will be an added advantage - Strong written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language. Ability to effectively communicate design proposals and negotiate options with Senior engineers and leadership. Accessibility HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability. What We Can Offer You: Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing. Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division. Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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. 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All legitimate job opportunities will come through official company channels, and candidates are responsible for verifying the credentials of any third party claiming to represent the company. Any reliance on fraudulent communication is at the individual’s own risk, and HPE disclaims legal liability for any resulting damages. If you suspect recruitment fraud, do not share personal information or make any payments and report the incident to your local authorities immediately. Skills: networking protocols, routing and switching, evpn-vxlan, layer 2 technologies, bgp, ospf/isis, vpls, lacp, l2vpn, mpls, gre, ipsec, test automation, python, spirent, evpn, firewall/acl, access security, dhcp, dot1x, netconf, oism, gbp, ipswitch, go, pytest, wireless simulators, ai/ml data center network technologies, test plan development, use case analysis