Ankur Raj

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in RDMA and NIC development.
Led development of Smart-NIC solutions.
Extensive experience in network protocols and data plane engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Network Engineering Specialist with expertise in hardware and software development for cloud networking solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Nic DevelopmentRdmaFpga DevelopmentSoftware Lifecycle ManagementNetwork ProtocolsVpn TechnologiesData Plane EngineeringHardware EngineeringNetwork Hardware EngineeringSoftware Development

Other Skills

AutomationC (Programming Language)CI-CDClearCaseDevice DriversEVPN-MPLSFPGAFRRJerichoJunosL2-vpnL3-vpnLinux KernelMLXeMPLS

Experience

Broadcom

R&D Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

RDMA/RoCE based NIC Development(Thor) & SONiC

RDMARoCENIC DevelopmentSONiC

Intel corporation

Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led & developed software stack for P4-16 based FPGA Smart-NICS from scratch, overseeing the entire software lifecycle, from inception to deployment. Implemented rigorous testing, automation, and CI-CD practices. Smart-NIC solutions have been instrumental in various cloud network deployments, 5G UPF gateway systems, and other applications in the realm of edge computing and IoT ecosystems. Learn more: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/software/programmable/p4-suite-fpga/overview.html

P4-16FPGASmart-NICSCI-CDAutomationFPGA Development+1

Juniper

Software Engineer staff

Apr 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Lead for MPLS, L2-vpn, L3-vpn for Juniper QFX product line.

MPLSL2-vpnL3-vpnNetwork ProtocolsVPN Technologies

Extreme networks (acquisition of brocade communications)

2 roles

Principal Software Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2018 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

HW Exp: Broadcom: Jericho, Jericho+, Jericho2, Qumran. Extreme(BRCD legacy): MLXe, XMR.
Forwarding/Data Plane Exp: MPLS, FRR, Bypass, L2-vpn (VPLS, VLL) , EVPN-MPLS, Multi-Homing, Inter-DCI, MCT-L2VPN ( MCT-VPLS, MCT-VLL), LAG, Resource Mgrs.

JerichoMPLSFRRL2-vpnEVPN-MPLSData Plane Engineering+1

Staff System Engineer

Jan 2018 – Oct 2018 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Brocade

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

HW Exp: Broadcom: Jericho. Brocade: MLXe, XMR.
Forwarding/Data Plane Exp: GRE(V4/V6), LAG symmetric load balancing, MCT, MCT L2-VPN.

JerichoMLXeXMRHardware EngineeringData Plane Engineering

Juniper networks

MTS

Jul 2011 – Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

HW Exp: T-series and MX series (Juniper)/ Trio.
Applications/Features Exp : Developed Flexible Match filter & Policy map features for Junos. Worked on many other enhancement in Firewall (dfwd/dfwc) and Firewall Optimization. Worked on Jtree and shadow memory enhancements(T-series),

T-seriesMX seriesJunosNetwork Hardware EngineeringSoftware Development