Networking Protocol Developer
First seen by Alion on Aug 27, 2026.
Responsibilities:
- Implement solutions in one or more areas related to Segment Routing MPLS and Segment Routing IPv6 including TI-LFA, QoS, BFD and SDN technologies in the IPI OcNOS (Network Operating System).
- Design/implement Hardware Abstraction layer code to integrate merchant silicon (and SDKs) to provide seamless forwarding plane solutions which can be leveraged across different OcNOS SKU's.
- Write detailed Design specs, coding, unit and functional testing in Agile and waterfall software development environment.
- Participate in Architectural discussions, Design reviews, peer code review and QA test plan review.
- Work with multi-site Development/Architecture team to implement the above.
- Troubleshoot and debug protocol-related issues in both lab and customer environments.
Qualifications:
- Must have 6+ years of experience in design and development of Layer 3 Networking protocols including IS-IS, OSPF and BGP.
- Hands-on development experience in Segment Routing domain (SR-MPLS, OSPF-SR, IS-IS SR, TI-LFA, BFD, QoS) is preferred.
- Hands-on development experience with one or more MPLS protocols (LDP, RSVP, BGP LU) is preferred.
- Working knowledge of different Layer 2 and Layer 3 services on top of Segment Routing or MPLS transports (L2VPN, L3VPN, EVPN).
- Working Knowledge of Segment Routing in the IPv6 data plane is highly desirable.
- Hands on experience with ipv4/ipv6 IP protocols, Access Lists, Route maps and Policies.
- Experience with Forwarding plane software, Broadcom SDK (Jericho+ chipset) is highly desired.
- Very Strong C/C++ coding and Debugging skills.
- Familiarity with network testing and debugging tools (GDB, Valgrind, GCov).
- Development experience in multi-threaded environment on Linux.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related field.
Skills
Network Protocols, Routing Protocols, C, C++, BGP, MPLS