Sr. Staff Software EngineerEmbedded System Level Firmware BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN, SDN, network virtualization

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Westlake Village, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 4 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Marvell

Marvells semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise cloud and AI and carrier architectures our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities.

At Marvell you can affect the arc of individual lives lift the trajectory of entire industries and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation above and beyond fleeting trends Marvell is a place to thrive learn and lead.

Your Team Your Impact

The Connectivity Firmware Group develops embedded and systemlevel firmware and software that enables Marvells data center connectivity platforms with a strong focus on network monitoring telemetry and observability. The group delivers firmware components that support realtime visibility into optical and electrical interconnects across AI and hyperscale data center environments working closely with hardware networking and software platform teams.

The teams responsibilities span device bringup configuration telemetry streaming diagnostics and health monitoring for Ethernet switches NICs retimers and optical modules. Engineers in the group collaborate across firmware systems and userfacing software to translate lowlevel connectivity data into actionable insights used for network reliability performance analysis and customer deployments.

What You Can Expect

Network Architecture & Telemetry

  • Design network topology discovery and visualization for rack and datacenterscale environments
  • Architect telemetry collection from switches NICs and optical modules
  • Correlate L1/L2 telemetry to monitor link health and diagnose failures
  • Support scaleup and scaleout AI cluster networking

Data Center Networking

  • Model interactions between ToR/spine switches NICs optics and servers
  • Monitor Ethernet switching routing behavior and link state changes
  • Analyze AI/ML traffic patterns and collective communication behavior
  • Integrate with customer network management systems and data platforms

Python Development & Automation

  • Develop Python tools for telemetry ingestion processing and diagnostics
  • Build APIs/SDKs for topology management and link monitoring
  • Automate network validation compliance checks and diagnostics
  • Support streaming telemetry integrations

Collaboration & Integration

  • Work with firmware hardware and DevOps teams on telemetry requirements
  • Support customer integrations and architecture discussions

Technical Leadership

  • Lead network telemetry architecture decisions
  • Act as subjectmatter expert for data center networking

What Were Looking For

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical field
  • 7 years in network or data center engineering

Networking Expertise

  • Strong knowledge of leafspine Clos and fattree architectures
  • Solid understanding of Ethernet switching and routing
  • Working knowledge of BGP OSPF VXLAN EVPN
  • Familiarity with SDN and network virtualization
  • Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE JNCIP or ACE preferred

Optical & Data Center Networking

  • Experience with optical modules (QSFPDD OSFP) and fiber types
  • Understanding of optical telemetry (CMIS SNMP gNMI)
  • Knowledge of FEC BER SNR and optical power metrics

Python & Systems

  • 5 years of production Python development
  • Experience with Netmiko NAPALM Scapy or similar libraries
  • REST API development and async programming
  • Familiarity with SONiC or other network operating systems
  • Knowledge of telemetry protocols (gRPC NETCONF RESTCONF)
  • Experience with Docker Kubernetes Git and CI/CD

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hyperscale data center experience
  • AI/ML cluster networking expertise
  • Knowledge of PAM4 coherent optics and DSPs
  • Experience with observability tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK)
  • Opensource networking contributions

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

132500 - 196140 $ per annum

The successful candidates starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills experience qualifications work location and market conditions. The expected base pay range for this role may be modified based on market conditions.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

Marvell is committed to providing exceptional comprehensive benefits that support our employees at every stage - from internship to retirement and through lifes most important moments. Our offerings are built around four key pillars: financial well-being family support mental and physical health and recognition. Highlights include an employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back family support programs to help balance work and home life robust mental health resources to prioritize emotional well-being and a recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones. We look forward to sharing more with you during the interview process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status.

Any applicant who requires a reasonable accommodation during the selection process should contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at .

Interview Integrity

To support fair and authentic hiring practices candidates are not permitted to use AI tools (such as transcription apps real-time answer generators like ChatGPT or Copilot or automated note-taking bots) during interviews.

These tools must not be used to record assist with or enhance responses in any way. Our interviews are designed to evaluate your individual experience thought process and communication skills in real time. Use of AI tools without prior instruction from the interviewer will result in disqualification from the hiring process.

This position may require access to technology and/or software subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information as defined under applicable law. Marvell may be required to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State. Except for U.S. citizens lawful permanent residents or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) all applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.

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