Field Application Engineer - Centurion Verfied

R 20 000-30 000 per month Centurion, Gauteng Centurion, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 03-08-2017 1:23:01 PM
28-09-2017 1:23:01 PM
Field Application Engineer ( EHC376)
Centurion
R20 000 – R30 000 per month

The leading developer of high-performance networking solutions for cloud, data center, service provider and enterprise communications products based in Centurion is currently looking for a QA Engineer


The most important skills for this position are C/C++ programming and Linux experience. The candidates must have experience with Linux and must be experienced in C programming. The candidates must also be willing to travel.

Responsibilities:
The purpose of this position is to provide all aspects of pre- and post-sales technical support to our OEM customers, ecosystem partners, distributors, ODMs, and CMs. The FAE functions is an integral member of field operations, bridging the sales teams, account managers, factory-based systems engineering and product marketing to provide pre-/post-sales customer technical support

• Education/Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering, MS preferred. Five years and more (5y+) of computer networking or software development experience.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and skills:
• Proficient with installing, using, administering and diagnosing Linux systems.
• Capable of designing, installing and configuring networks including routers, switches, load balancers, virtualized servers, VPN gateways, firewalls, IDS/IPS and others.
• Proficient with network protocols, tunnelling, security and associated cryptography, e.g. IPSec and SSL.
• Able to configure and execute network benchmarks, diagnose and correct installation and performance issues as needed.
• Ability to design, implement or modify as needed to accomplish goals, shell scripts, Makefiles, Python programs, C or C++.
• Working knowledge of revision control systems, Mercurial, Git or SVN.
• Experience and working knowledge of OpenStack is highly desirable.
• Software design and implementation experience, in C, C++, Python or Java.
• Experience with low level programming, embedded devices, NPUs, SoCs, IXP micro engines.
• Programming experience with device drivers. Knowledge of device driver architectures and internals.
• Linux kernel programming experience.
• Knowledge of common system hardware interfaces (PCIe, SPI3/4, GMII, I2C, DDR SDRAM, TCAM, others).

Essential Functions:
• Provide technical support to advocate products to customers during the design-win cycle
• Creation of application notes, technical papers, technical specifications and supporting software examples
• Design review in development of customer hardware schematics, test software, device drivers, API's, and application software
• On site customer design support and consultation
• Creation and/or presentation of technical material for customer meetings
• Creation, demonstration and benchmarking of products, including software, development tools and reference hardware
• Providing technical training to local sales staff, channel partners, manufacturer reps and customers
• Create and review technical documents, specifications, manuals, application notes, whitepapers, product briefs and other collateral
• Assist in new product and technology definitions
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex customer support issues in a timely manner
• Ability to collaborate with global team members in various time zones
Replicate issues and testing customer configurations in a lab environment