Senior Software Developer

Job Description

Company Overview

Riverbed enables organizations to maximize performance and visibility for networks and applications, so they can overcome complexity and fully capitalize on their digital and cloud investments. The Riverbed Network and Application Performance Platform enables organizations to visualize, optimize, remediate and accelerate the performance of any network for any application. The platform addresses performance and visibility holistically with best-in-class WAN optimization, network performance management (NPM), application acceleration (including Office 365, SaaS, client and cloud acceleration), and enterprise-grade SD-WAN. Riverbed’s 30,000+ customers include 99% of the Fortune 100.

About this Position

Title: Senior Engineer / Lead Developer

Location: Champaign, Illinois

What you'll Do:

• Develop and utilize design patterns to solve complex problems to make contributions to the test framework python libraries that are highly usable and extensible
• Use development environment tools and common python test tools such as git, py.test, jenkins and docker to create viable software tests
• Implement python libraries for interacting with various platforms for test environments; Openstack, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
• Implement python libraries for interacting with various internal tools for build quality assessment; TestRail, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira
• Develop and maintain build pipeline with available build tools such as gitlab, jenkins, bitbucket, bamboo, enabling the team to make regular releases
• Evaluate test deliverable requests from development teams and map out how to achieve these through test automation (i.e. automated test design requirements, test configuration control and test reporting solutions)
• Collaborate with product development teams; Steelhead, SteelConnect, SteelFusion, SteelCentral to understand their requirements for test automation, instruct and guide them in the design of their tests using the automation framework, and troubleshoot issues as needed:
  • Gather and maintain written documentation for generating guidelines, examples and tutorials to help train groups on the test framework;
  • Automate tasks on Linux and Windows systems using ssh access, powershell access, scripting; and,
  • Engage various approaches to test automation with different user interface systems and evaluate the pros and cons for each method.

What you should have:

• Minimum BS in Computer Science, EE or equivalent field desired, MS or higher degree preferred
• 4+ years of work experience developing complex software solutions
• Stong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems and computer networking
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams
• Experience writing code in an Object Oriented programming paradigm
• You are a good programmer that writes readable, testable and maintainable code
• Strong and clear communicator that can concisely explain complex software design considerations
• Team player with a good sense of humor

What will help you further:

• You have a working knowledge of micro service technologies (Docker), virtualization services (OpenStack), and cloud based services (AWS)
• Familiar with various product interfaces with the ability to automate these as a command line interface (CLI) using ssh, REST API, and GUI
• Experience writing library level code and python packages
• Development experience with SaaS applications and REST APIs
• Development experience with Open Source projects
• Passion to work in a billion-dollar startup!

About Riverbed

Riverbed offers a rewarding experience of working with the best minds in the industry, delivering exceptional network performance and visibility for any application. We are proud of our great culture that continuously fosters innovation, collaboration, and diverse work environments. We remain committed to attracting, developing, and retaining the most diverse group of talent to better serve our customers.

Riverbed is an equal employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or child birth (including breast feeding), sexual orientation, genetics, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Check us out on:www.riverbed.com@LifeAtRiverbed

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TAGS: WAN edge, WAN edge infrastructure, hybrid WAN, software-defined WAN, software defined networking, SD-WAN, SDN, NFV, network functions virtualization, wan optimization, wan optimisation, wan acceleration, application acceleration, network optimization, cloud networking, NPM, network performance management, network performance monitoring, packet capture, packet analysis, deep packet inspection, network traffic analysis, network monitoring, netflow, CCIE, CCNA, routing protocols, BGP, OSPF, network design, TCP/IP, MPLS, SNMP, LAN, WAN, network architecture, network troubleshooting, routing, switching