Software Engineer - Networks

Kepler is on an audacious mission: to bring the internet to space. Founded in 2015, our ambition is to provide internet connectivity in space, whether in LEO, MEO, GEO, or beyond. With an expanding base of early customers and our first 23 satellites in orbit, Kepler is continuing to grow and expand its most important asset – the Team!

Kepler is designing a network architecture to bring the Internet to space. This network will enable communication between our constellation of LEO satellites and other space-based assets. Working closely with the Network Architect, the Senior Software Engineer, Networks will be developing, implementing, and operating this infrastructure to deliver a modern, flexible, high throughput, low latency network virtualization architecture. To be successful in the role, you will be implementing custom networking protocols, wireless technologies, network security, quality of service, communications infrastructure, and network management tools.  You will have deep networking and routing software development experience, including hands-on experience delivering network virtualization software and application security.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with network architect to build and deploy user segment of space Internet service

• Work with other teams to develop and integrate software for ground and space systems

• Take ownership of the design and development of all network control-plane and SDN controller software stack

• Design and build a network simulator for the Internet in space service

• Develop tools for the network operations team to obtain telemetry and enable monitoring of Kepler’s network infrastructure

• Develop tools for the network operations team to maintain and configure programmatically Kepler’s network infrastructure

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technology related field or equivalent experience to a Bachelor's degree

• Self-starter mentality with the willingness take on new tasks with minimal oversight

• Familiarity with reading RFC network protocol specifications and developing software to conform to the standard

• Deep experience with L2, L3, and L4 technologies, routing, transport, and security protocols

• 3+ years experience with systems programming in C/C++

• 3+ years experience in automating network tasks via Bash/shell or Python

• 5+ years working in a Linux/Unix environment, including Linux kernel networking concepts (routing, bridging, etc.)

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible and other DevOps tools and concepts

Bonus Points:

• Experience with P4 programming language

• Experience in using data-plane acceleration frameworks such as VPP, DPDK, XDP/eBFP, etc.

• Experience with contributing on open source projects such as Free Range Routing (FRR)

• Experience using software traffic generators such as Cisco’s T-Rex, pktgen-dpdk, etc.

• Experience with network simulators such as Eve-NG, mininet, or Containerlab

• Experience designing SDN controllers

• Experience using continuous integration testing systems such as GitLab CI

Kepler Communications Inc. is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We welcome applications from: women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, visible minorities, people who identify as LGBT and others who may contribute to diversification in our workplace.

As part of our commitment to accessibility for all persons with disabilities, Kepler will, upon the request of the applicant, provide accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact our People & Culture team, through our Career Page to make your accommodation needs known and we will consult with you to ensure suitable accommodation is provided.