Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kforce Inc is seeking a Network DevOps Engineer RDMA Fabric Automation in West Palm Beach, FL. The role focuses on automating the deployment and operations of large-scale RDMA Ethernet fabrics, integrating network automation with existing systems, and collaborating with engineering teams to optimize network performance.
Responsibilities
- Automate deployment and operations of large-scale RDMA (RoCEv2) Ethernet fabrics across Vultr data centers
- Build Ansible and Python-based frameworks to provision, validate, and remediate underlay and overlay networks
- Integrate network automation with Vultr's source-of-truth systems (NetBox, OpsMill) for intent-driven configuration and validation
- Develop telemetry ingestion and correlation pipelines (gNMI, Prometheus, Kafka, custom collectors) for real-time network health and performance metrics
- Collaborate with platform, orchestration, and product engineering teams to optimize RDMA performance, PFC/ECN behavior, and path symmetry across fabrics
- Implement CI/CD workflows for network configuration changes - validation, pre-checks, and rollbacks
- Investigate complex network behaviors across layers - flow hashing, congestion domains, ECMP, and overlay interactions
- Contribute to the design of next-generation GPU and AI interconnect fabrics, ensuring seamless integration into Vultr's global network architecture
Skills
- Solid understanding of modern data center networking: EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, MLAG, QoS, and traffic engineering
- Deep familiarity with RoCEv2, RDMA transport tuning, ECN/PFC, and lossless Ethernet design
- Strong experience with automation frameworks like Ansible, and languages like Python, Golang, Rust, or PHP
- Comfort working with telemetry and monitoring stacks - Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, or similar
- Previous experience integrating with NetBox, Nautobot, OpsMill or similar for topology and configuration source-of-truth
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) for continuous delivery of network automation
- Strong Linux networking background, including namespaces, netlink, and system-level debugging
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- HSA
- FSA
- 401(k)
- Life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees
- Paid time off for salaried personnel
- Paid sick leave for hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project
Company Overview
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. It was founded in 1962, and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.kforce.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Kforce Inc has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 134 in 2026, 792 in 2025, 667 in 2024, 734 in 2023, 843 in 2022, 1197 in 2021, 858 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.