Network Software Engineer

February 28, 2022 | System Administration/Network Infrastructure/Data Center Infrastructure, Telecom Engineers & Technicians | 1 positions in Phnom Penh

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

• The role is to design, architect, and program software or automation tools to interface with IP network and related systems to support the broadband business service.
• Smart Axiata is moving towards NetDevOps and software-defined networks which require the engineers to embrace software engineering and automation to solve network challenges.

Key Accountabilities:

• Engineer, write, and review codes, scripts, or software to support and scale IP net-work.
• Develop, test, and deploy API to interface with network devices and integrate net-work systems with other systems such as OSS/BSS.
• Collaborate with Network Engineering team to automate tasks and processes, build software
  infrastructure for network monitoring and analysis, aid in capacity planning, troubleshooting, alerts, and change management.
• Maintain, patch, and upgrade software, codes, and scripts to ensure security and compatibility with network devices, protocols, and related systems.
• Evaluate and test third party or open-source software, tools, or frameworks to support the
  network engineering tasks.
• Write and maintain documentation on all software and codes.

Job requirements

Education & Qualification:

• Preferably Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences or related field.
• Strong commitment to learn networking fundamentals for the purpose of network automation and NetDevOps.
• Be culturally fit in the team by displaying of Smart Axiata’s core values in the past working
  experiences and/or in academic environments.

Working Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, programming in DevOps environment or ISP
  environment.
• 2+ years of experience in Python or Go
• Experience with network devices (routers, switches, load balancers) and an understanding
  of network fundamentals are not mandatory but preferable.

Specific Skills:

• Proficient in either Python or Go programming language.
• Proficient in API development in either REST or gRPC.
• Proficient in either Ansible or SaltStack.
• Familiarity with at least one CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Travis CI, Gitlab, Github Actions.
• Familiarity with at least one time-series database: InfluxDB, RRDTool, Prometheus.
• Strong understandings in distributed system architecture, data structures, and algorithm.
• Strong understanding in Linux/UNIX operating system, containerized systems, Dockers, and
  Kubernetes.
• Strong commitment to DevOps culture.
• Knowledge in YAML, Protobuf, NETCONF, Yang, RESTCONF, Jinja2, and XML are desirable.