SDN Engineering Expertise with OVS/OVN

I am looking for an SDN Network Engineer to help develop, maintain, and optimise the cloud networking stack for a large‑scale, sovereign cloud platform.

You’ll work across Linux networking, automation, and open‑source SDN components to ensure a secure, scalable, and highly available environment.

Key requirements:
• Production experience with OVS / OVN
• Strong cloud networking skills: VPC, NAT, VPN, BGP, VXLAN, LB, DNS
• Solid understanding of Linux networking (namespaces, iptables, tc, kernel)
• Experience with OpenStack Neutron
• Programming in C/C++, Go, Python, or Bash
• Familiarity with Kubernetes networking & CNI (e.g., Calico)
• DPDK experience is a plus
• Good command of English
Nice to have:
Experienced in using AI tools in day-to-day workflow

Main responsibilities:
Design and operate the software-defined networking layer for cloud infrastructure.
Contribute to open-source projects: Open vSwitch, OVN, OpenStack Neutron, Linux Kernel.
Design and develop networking APIs and cloud network platform products.
Implement observability: metrics, distributed tracing, structured logging for network services.
Build automation for network operations and operational workflows.
Lead root cause analysis on network incidents and implement fixes.