Job Description

Meet the Team



Internet became a reality because of Cisco and its intelligent innovations in WAN engineering over multiple decades. We are reinventing WAN now and disrupting the market. If you love the challenge of building a highly scalable intelligent distributed system, then please join the party. We are abstracting WAN infrastructure and programmatically building a highly flexible controller-based software defined solution to provide intent based networking. Our solutions provide secure connectivity to user& device from anywhere in the world to their favorite application running in cloud, on premise or as SaaS. We give the opportunity to learn and innovate in a vast technology space of Routing, Security, Analytics, Telemetry, Distributed System, Machine learning and endless other areas. We strive to create an open and visible culture where we embraccept insights with open arms.



Your Impact



You will have the opportunity to work with pioneering networking technologies in the areas of SDWAN and edge routing platforms and be part of the team responsible for defining, developing, and innovating new and evolving features and architectures in SDWAN and routing. You will work in collaboration with team who will define the next generation ASIC for routing products which would require new architecture for packet forwarding. You will participate in many creative projects, with the authority and scope to apply your expertise in a dynamic engineering environment. Our team values collaboration, learning, paramount focus on quality and customer impact. You will get a chance to work with various teams across varied technologies and will learn and be part of an ever growing, evolving technology. You will be responsible for crafting, coding and testing forwarding components with focus on end-to-end visibility and knowledge. You will have the opportunity to influence the network behavior by collaborating with other Engineers, Technical Leaders and Distinguished engineers across multiple multi-functional teams in Cisco.



This role is for you if you believe you are passionate about problem solving, can articulate problems in a way that people start seeing solutions in it as well. You are someone who challenges the status quo and a driver of change.



The successful candidate will participate on project teams defining and developing innovative new products based on Cisco technology.



Design, Architecture, Develop, enhance, verify and sustain embedded system software for sophisticated internetworking products as a key member of a cross-functional team. Perform design trade-off analysis, write software specifications, code, integrate and test new software and hardware, complete product release, and provide field support. Interface with Business Development, External Partners, Hardware Engineering, QA Test and Release Operations throughout the development cycle. Act as Key Decision maker on Technical and Engineering Design issues.

Minimum Qualifications



15-20 years of proven experience. Hands-on experience in end-to-end software development within a networking company, covering areas such as platforms, hardware bring-up, system software, drivers (kernel and user space). Strong C programming skills in a Linux operating system, with experience in device drivers and familiarity with large software development projects in networking and distributed systems within a UNIX or IOS development environment, including proficiency with source code control systems, i.e., the ability to search, navigate, handle, and manage extremely large code bases. Working experience in NPU, microcode, data plane, datapath, traffic managers, NIC, performance and throughput optimization. Silicon One or similar ASIC experience is a significant plus. Experience with LAN/WAN communication interfaces, Ethernet layer 2, and layer 3 technologies.

Preferred skills



Knowledge or demonstrated experience with high-speed interfaces, PHY, MAC, MACSEC, micro code and forwarding, datapath, DPDK is a plus. Some of the key areas of expertise in addition to Networking domain is platform/System Areas such as kernel bring up, kernel driver development, platform bring up/ management software and Cloud Networking Technologies. Experience in debugging platform issue with i2c, i2c trace analyzers, PCIe. Knowledge of X86, ARM assembly code. Motivated self-starter with good communication and organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to develop and deliver superior products in a cross-functional team environment under aggressive schedules.

Why Cisco?



At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.