Senior Member of Technical Staff (Platform Onboarding, Development)
Altiostar, A Rakuten Symphony Company
Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Hybrid
Hybrid
Full-Time
Bengaluru, Karnataka
India
About the Role
About the Company:
Our unique 4G/5G vRAN solution is designed to improve quality of experience, enhance spectral efficiency, provide flexibility to the operator in hardware selection, provide full network automation and significantly reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Our product is designed with leading edge hardware & software technologies. We have a team of passionate professionals who understand mobile network operator's requirements & vision. Our objective is to provide mobile network operators with the equipment required to deploy and expand their 4G/5G networks quickly and efficiently in the most feature rich and cost-effective way.
About the Role:
Onboarding team is essentially acting as a low-level systems integration and deployment team, ensuring that the necessary kernel, drivers, and software are correctly packaged and deployed onto the target hardware.
Kernel, Driver, and ISO Onboarding Responsibilities include:
Responsibilities
Kernel Integration and Configuration
Assisting with kernel parameter tuning for specific hardware or software requirements.
Troubleshooting kernel-related issues.
Ensuring kernel compatibility with target hardware.
Validating with performance related runs like cyclic test, hwlat tests.
Driver Firmware Integration
Assisting with driver testing and debugging with specific tests.
Ensuring driver compatibility with the target kernel and hardware.
Helping to integrate in-tree and out-of-tree drivers.
ISO Image Creation and Customization
Developing and maintaining scripts for creating customized ISO images.
Integrating kernel and drivers into the ISO image.
Testing ISO images on target hardware.
Packaging software into the ISO.
Managing dependencies and libraries.
Hardware Compatibility Testing
Developing test plans for hardware compatibility.
Conducting tests on various hardware platforms.
Identifying and resolving hardware compatibility issues.
Security Hardening
Ensuring compliance with security standards.
Performing security audits of ISO images.
Bootloader Configuration
Configuration of bootloaders such as GRUB or U-Boot.
Troubleshooting boot issues.
Ensuring proper boot parameters are set within the ISO.
Setting up and troubleshooting root file system within the ISO.
Configuring filesystems for optimal performance.
User/Service/Application Provisioning
Setting up initial access, permissions, and accounts.
Deploying necessary infrastructure components (e.g., namespaces, storage, network configurations).
Troubleshooting issues related to configuration, or deployment.
Multi node, multi pod dimensioning deployment validation.
Validating Feature with Cloud releases
Validating new release features with specific test cases.
Target Platforms
SMC, Dell -HW
Intel- ICX, Saphire RPD, GNR-D Processor onboarding
Onboarding RT/NRT applications on different cloud platforms
Experience Level: 6yrs -20+ Yrs
Qualifications
Skills: C/C++/Python Programming Language, Understanding K8S concepts to on-board workloads.
Rakuten Shugi Principles
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviours that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve, always advance. Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen.
Be passionately professional. Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best.
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika. Use the Rakuten Cycle to success in unknown territory.
Maximize Customer Satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction for workers in a service industry is to see their customers smile.
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! Always be conscious of time. Take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team.
Our unique 4G/5G vRAN solution is designed to improve quality of experience, enhance spectral efficiency, provide flexibility to the operator in hardware selection, provide full network automation and significantly reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Our product is designed with leading edge hardware & software technologies. We have a team of passionate professionals who understand mobile network operator's requirements & vision. Our objective is to provide mobile network operators with the equipment required to deploy and expand their 4G/5G networks quickly and efficiently in the most feature rich and cost-effective way.
About the Role:
Onboarding team is essentially acting as a low-level systems integration and deployment team, ensuring that the necessary kernel, drivers, and software are correctly packaged and deployed onto the target hardware.
Kernel, Driver, and ISO Onboarding Responsibilities include:
Responsibilities
Kernel Integration and Configuration
Assisting with kernel parameter tuning for specific hardware or software requirements.
Troubleshooting kernel-related issues.
Ensuring kernel compatibility with target hardware.
Validating with performance related runs like cyclic test, hwlat tests.
Driver Firmware Integration
Assisting with driver testing and debugging with specific tests.
Ensuring driver compatibility with the target kernel and hardware.
Helping to integrate in-tree and out-of-tree drivers.
ISO Image Creation and Customization
Developing and maintaining scripts for creating customized ISO images.
Integrating kernel and drivers into the ISO image.
Testing ISO images on target hardware.
Packaging software into the ISO.
Managing dependencies and libraries.
Hardware Compatibility Testing
Developing test plans for hardware compatibility.
Conducting tests on various hardware platforms.
Identifying and resolving hardware compatibility issues.
Security Hardening
Ensuring compliance with security standards.
Performing security audits of ISO images.
Bootloader Configuration
Configuration of bootloaders such as GRUB or U-Boot.
Troubleshooting boot issues.
Ensuring proper boot parameters are set within the ISO.
Setting up and troubleshooting root file system within the ISO.
Configuring filesystems for optimal performance.
User/Service/Application Provisioning
Setting up initial access, permissions, and accounts.
Deploying necessary infrastructure components (e.g., namespaces, storage, network configurations).
Troubleshooting issues related to configuration, or deployment.
Multi node, multi pod dimensioning deployment validation.
Validating Feature with Cloud releases
Validating new release features with specific test cases.
Target Platforms
SMC, Dell -HW
Intel- ICX, Saphire RPD, GNR-D Processor onboarding
Onboarding RT/NRT applications on different cloud platforms
Experience Level: 6yrs -20+ Yrs
Qualifications
Skills: C/C++/Python Programming Language, Understanding K8S concepts to on-board workloads.
Rakuten Shugi Principles
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviours that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve, always advance. Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen.
Be passionately professional. Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best.
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika. Use the Rakuten Cycle to success in unknown territory.
Maximize Customer Satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction for workers in a service industry is to see their customers smile.
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! Always be conscious of time. Take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team.