Software Principal Engineer
Dell Technologies1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end test strategy and validation for complex networking features, including requirements analysis, test planning, test design, automation, execution, and release qualification.
- Design test topologies for large-scale data center networks and AI fabrics on Dell PowerSwitch platforms, covering RoCEv2, PFC/ECN congestion management, adaptive routing, MRC, SRv6, and dynamic load balancing.
- Troubleshoot system, scalability, performance, and customer issues across control-plane, data-plane, SAI, and switch ASIC layers.
- Apply Dell AI tools for test-script development, test generation, log analysis, debugging, documentation, and engineering automation.
- Collaborate with hardware, silicon, quality engineering, product management, solutions, and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable releases through continuous integration and delivery.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience developing, testing, and automating networking software validation for enterprise, cloud, and high-performance data center environments.
- Deep knowledge of data center and AI fabric networking, including routing, switching, ACLs, QoS, leaf-spine architectures, RDMA/RoCEv2, PFC, ECN/DCQCN, adaptive routing, and dynamic load balancing.
- Experience creating validation strategies, test plans, matrices, topologies, and functional, regression, scale, performance, and interoperability tests from RFCs and feature specifications.
- Experience with Ixia IxNetwork, Spirent TestCenter, TRex, Scapy, PTF, sonic-mgmt, Wireshark, pytest, pyATS, SpyTest, Robot Framework, REST APIs, gNMI/OpenConfig, NETCONF/YANG, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Git.
- Strong debugging ability using packet captures, system logs, and switch telemetry, with experience reproducing and isolating issues with development and customer engineering teams.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related discipline is desirable.
- Experience with open-source networking projects, AI/ML tools, Dell AI Factory solutions, PowerEdge AI servers, DLC Platform, and Kubernetes- or Slurm-based AI/HPC clusters is desirable.
Benefits
- The role is based in Chennai/Bangalore.
- Application closing date is 15 November 2026.
- Dell Technologies provides an equal employment opportunity workplace free from discrimination and harassment.
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About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies builds PCs, monitors, and peripherals for consumers and enterprises, and provides servers, storage, networking, and edge solutions for data centers. It sells hardware, software, and support services through direct, channel, and online models to organizations of all sizes and the public sector. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, it includes the former EMC storage business and operates globally across client computing and infrastructure markets.