2 months ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and oversee CI/CD pipelines for automated network testing, digital-twin validation, and zero-downtime configuration deployment.
- Establish Network-as-Code and GitOps workflows using Git as the source of truth for network state, policy, and infrastructure design.
- Develop reusable network automation frameworks and Infrastructure-as-Code using Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Python, and Bash.
- Design and optimize software-defined networks, overlays, and container networking across multi-region cloud and bare-metal environments.
- Serve as a Tier 4 technical authority for complex network, routing, overlay, and production infrastructure issues.
- Build telemetry, monitoring, alerting, validation, and automated remediation platforms for network performance, security, and capacity.
- Engineer networking solutions involving VXLAN, OVN, Project Calico, Kubernetes CNIs, firewalls, load balancers, BGP, and OSPF.
- Lead technical standards, documentation practices, mentoring, design reviews, and cross-functional engineering initiatives.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive experience in Network Engineering, DevOps, or SRE, focused on large-scale network design, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Expert proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Python, and network automation libraries such as Netmiko, Nornir, or NAPALM.
- Deep expertise with software-defined networking and overlays, including VXLAN, OVN, and Project Calico.
- Advanced enterprise Kubernetes networking experience, including CNIs, Ingress controllers, Service Mesh, and Kube-Proxy behavior.
- Extensive experience with Cisco Nexus, Arista, Versa SD-WAN, Palo Alto, and Fortinet network and security fabrics.
- Experience with F5 BIG-IP AS3, Cloudflare APIs, and Octavia LBaaS for application delivery and load balancing.
- Deep Linux networking knowledge, including network namespaces, virtual interfaces, eBPF, iptables, and kernel-level routing.
- CCIE-level or equivalent mastery of BGP, OSPF, MPLS, and EVPN, with knowledge of overlay-to-underlay networking.
- Experience designing and scaling CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions and applying test-driven development to infrastructure changes.
- Advanced troubleshooting experience with tcpdump, Wireshark, NetFlow, and log aggregation platforms.
- Proven technical leadership experience mentoring engineers, leading design review boards, and driving cross-functional initiatives.
- Telecommunications experience with VoIP, RTP, SIP peering or trunking, and Session Border Controllers is highly advantageous.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to executive stakeholders.
Benefits
- The role operates in a 24/7 Software-as-a-Service production environment.
- Five9 describes a team-first, inclusive, and collaborative culture and is an equal opportunity employer.
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About Five9
Five9 builds cloud contact center software (CCaaS) for enterprises to manage voice and digital customer interactions, powered by AI for routing, automation, and analytics. It sells its platform as SaaS with modules for IVR, outbound dialers, agent desktop, workforce engagement, and CRM integrations such as Salesforce and ServiceNow. The company is headquartered in San Ramon, CA, serves 2,500+ customers globally, and is a public company listed on Nasdaq (also BMV).