Principal Software Engineer

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Architect, design, and develop software to integrate NVIDIA’s Doca Platform Framework (DPF) and Data Processing Unit (DPU) hardware with the Red Hat OpenShift container platform.

Develop and implement end-to-end automation frameworks for the testing and validation of the DPF Operator on OpenShift, ensuring robust performance and reliability in complex, multi-node cluster environments, and conduct performance analysis and benchmarking of DPU-offloaded networking to validate and document high-throughput and low-latency capabilities.

Lead the integration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) with BlueField Boot (BFB) and HyperShift to enhance the deployment and management of DPU-accelerated OpenShift clusters.

Collaborate with strategic partners to troubleshoot complex technical issues, optimize system performance, and document platform-specific deployment and configuration changes.

Serve as a subject matter expert, providing technical leadership and mentorship on cloud-native networking and hardware acceleration.

Contribute to the core development of installation and provisioning technologies for edge computing, including the Assisted Installer, Single Node OpenShift (SNO), and image-based installation workflows.

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