6 months ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop IPv4/IPv6 routing features.
- Implement and maintain static routing, policy-based routing, Multi-WAN, failover, and load balancing.
- Implement WAN technologies including DHCP client/server/relay, PPPoE, NAT/NAPT, dual WAN, and firewall-integrated routing policies.
- Develop link health monitoring, failover logic, recovery behavior, and stability tuning for high availability and resiliency.
- Optimize routing performance and scalability.
- Integrate routing functionality with platform services, UI, and cloud management where applicable.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- 9–12 years of relevant work experience.
- Strong C programming skills.
- Experience with Embedded Linux and the Linux networking stack.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, VPN, NAT, firewalls, routing tables, policy rules, metrics, traffic classification, and traffic marking.
- Experience with Netfilter, iptables, and nftables.
- Ability to perform system diagnostics, packet analysis, and debugging of encrypted traffic paths.
- Knowledge of routing-, DHCP-, IP-, and ICMP-related RFC standards, Linux VPNs, and basic cryptography.
- Knowledge of DNS, NAT, and firewall interactions.
About NETGEAR
NETGEAR builds consumer and SMB networking hardware and services—Wi‑Fi routers and mesh systems, Ethernet switches, modems, and network-attached storage—with cloud management and security subscriptions. It sells through retail, online, and channel partners, and works with internet service providers. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in San Jose, California, NETGEAR is a public company traded on NASDAQ (NTGR) with global distribution across home, business, and service-provider markets.