Sr. Staff Engineer - Data Path at Gigamon (Santa Clara, CA)

Desired Skills and Experience

• Work in a cross-functional environment to architect, design and develop new functions in our product line.
• Conduct feasibility analysis and produce functional and design specifications of proposed new features.
• Troubleshoot complex issues discovered in-house as well as in customer environments.
• Work with existing code base and improve upon it.
• Work with in-house and merchant silicon in delivering next generation products.
• Working knowledge of various Ethernet technologies and experience in data plane forwarding.
• 10+ years Experienced in and working knowledge of at least a few networking protocols like TCP, UDP, IPv4/v6, routing and tunneling protocols like OSPF, RIP, BGP, MPLS, TRILL, GRE, VXLAN.
• In depth knowledge of device drivers and various hardware architectures.
• Knowledge of multi-core CPU architectures is a big plus.
• Experience working with Broadcom XGS network switching hardware and SDKs is a big plus.
• Excellent written/oral communication skills and strong algorithmic, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Self-motivated individual with the ability to work in a high-achieving team or independently.
• Expert in C/C++ coding.
• A minimum of BS in CS/EE, MS degree is preferable