Director Global Lab Network Engineering jobs at Cisco in India, Bengaluru

As a key member of Cisco IOS XR Platform Independent Software Development team, you will:

• Collaborate with account teams, product management, other engineering team, architect and design sophisticated product requirements/challenges.
• Demonstrate strong technical leadership via innovative solutions to customer problems including successful deployment.
• Partner with other senior architects across Cisco on new opportunities and broad initiatives.
• Be in the forefront of development of complex projects, working with managers for detailed planning and execution strategy, identify intermediate, well-defined achievements.
• Act as a mentor and develop strong technical talent, leading towards development of long-term expertise, technical competency.
• Do innovation within the team and chip in to Cisco’s intellectual property.
• Strengthen product quality by identifying hot spots and deriving solution for the same.
• Keep up to date with technology trends relevant to the group, adopt newer technologies and rapid prototyping to demonstrate.

• BE/B.Tech or higher degree in CS/EC or equivalent with 18+ years in the networking or equivalent domains
• An accomplished technical leader with experience in building resilient, scalable, and secure platforms using opensource and commercial software
• Extensive experience in architecting and design of complex networking systems and various software engineering principles
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of routing and switching technologies, including SR, SRv6, EVPN, MPLS, VXLAN, various L2/L3 protocols
• Expert and experience in C/C++, Python, Linux system programming, process and memory management, multithreading

• You believe in codifying and automation (infra as code) and have the approach that anything is possible till validated otherwise
• You are willing to explore unknowns quickly, be a sounding board and dependable consultant on wide range of product ideas
• Experience with kernel programming and open-source technologies is a plus

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for a team of talented engineers focused on developing, maintaining, and scaling our cloud security systems. You will play a critical role in ensuring our cloud infrastructure's security, reliability, and performance while fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment.

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Project Management: Coordinate the planning, execution, and delivery of cloud security projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and with high quality.
• Technical Oversight: Provide technical guidance and expertise in cloud security, architecture, and standard processes to ensure robust and scalable solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with multi-functional teams, including product management, operations, and other engineering teams, to align on goals and work.
• Performance Management: Conduct regular performance evaluations, set clear objectives, and provide ongoing feedback and development opportunities for team members.
• Security Compliance: Ensure that all cloud security systems align with industry standards and regulations and stay updated on the latest security threats and mitigation strategies.
• Resource Management: Develop team resources optimally, including hiring, training, and allocating tasks to meet project demands.

• Education: Bachelor’s or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 10 years of proven experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role.
• Technical Skills: Strong background in Distributed systems, networking , cloud security , cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and software development.
• Familiar with Golang/ C/C++ and networking protocols.
• Leadership: Shown ability to lead and inspire a team, with excellent communication and social skills.
• Project Management: Experience in managing complex projects with multiple collaborators and tight deadlines.
• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and tools.

• Experience: Previous experience in a high-scale, high-availability environment.
• Security Knowledge: In-depth understanding of security principles, practices, and technologies relevant to cloud environment

This individual will be required to develop and maximise Cisco's Security revenues in India. You will be accountable for significant growth of the entire security Architecture and portfolio of technologies and services, engaging internal resources and collaborators including the Country Leadership team, Marketing, Architecture sales teams, Partners and Cisco Product Business Units. The Director is responsible for and measured against the revenue generated, motivating and inspiring a multi-functional team of employees to achieve a defined set of short and long-term sales objectives.

• Build and implement an innovative joint long-range business plan with collaboration at Theatre level, regional Architectural leadership and Global GSSO stakeholders.
• Understand, articulate and position both internally and externally Cisco's end-to-end Security Architecture and Services differentiated proposition.
• Develop Go-to-Market strategies to grow Security across large Enterprise and Public Sector accounts, SMB and Partners. Maximising various channels, marketing and field sales force teams.
• Deliver business value to select opportunities for the account, partner, eco-system and Cisco account team. Establish beach-head reference customers
• Forecast accurately using SFDC and provide insight on market requirements and competitive threats
• Directly engage on selected major accounts and opportunities where required, whilst allowing the local account team to maintain overall ownership. Influence parties where needed to remove obstacles and secure profitable business for Cisco.
• Incubate and cultivate senior level relationships with key customers, partners and eco-system vendors to executive level across the region.
• Build and lead a strong team using technical and business insight to align business drivers to Cisco solutions. Demonstrable experience leading geographically dispersed and culturally diverse teams.
• Demonstrate effective skills to influence and negotiate with peers, partners and customers using a Win/Win philosophy. Influence via press, media and industry events where required.
• Engage and own relationship with Industry Analysts within India.
• Lead, influence and mentor sales teams to increase their effectiveness in selling Security solutions.
• Take a lead role with senior management, peers, partners, company and customers in progressing Cisco's success in Security solutions.

• 5-10 years senior management experience, ideal candidate should possess both sales leadership and multi-functional/general management experience in coaching and developing a sales organisation for 50+ people
• 8+ years in management roles selling solutions to senior leaders at named accounts, Demonstrated track record managing significant revenue responsibility and or profit/loss center and overachieving targets to meet stretch goals
• Demonstrated ability to provide thought leadership, think strategically and effectively communicate vision (both written and verbal) and influence cross-functionally.
• Adept at balancing intense short-term pressures with overall long-term goals.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to persuade -- using simple communications that convey complex concepts in a compelling, concise, and creative way.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead in a matrix-managed team culture.
• Strong executive presence, polish, and political savvy

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

Common Services Platform Engineering provides the basic building blocks for the Cisco Security Cloud. As a Technical Leader, you will help us in our continuous mission to make our products work together seamlessly, creating a phenomenal user experience for our customers and other stakeholders within Cisco. You will tackle challenges with a new lens and iterate with a passion for improvement. Problem-solving and innovating will be the name of the game. Your expertise will directly Influence muti-billion-dollar market. In this role, you will:

• Lead design, influence and contribute to implementation. Deliver quality and timely release aligned with business goals, regulatory compliance, and future scalability.
• Collaborate with multiple teams – PM, UX, Engineering Management.
• Simplify, communicate and move fast to realize business objectives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance user experience, performance, and automation.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in IAM, incorporating advancements to future-proof the organization’s identity framework.
• Mentor engineers to produce their best work.

• 12+ years of hand’s-on experience in architecting, designing and developing scalable software products / services.
• Strong expertise in developing and maintaining highly available, container- ized microservices using GoLang, REST .
• Strong expertise in identity protocols ( SAML, OAuth, OIDC )
• Proven experience in popular AWS services – API Gateway, DynamoDB , etc.
• Experience with conducting performance optimisations for microservices.
• Experience with any IDaaS like Okta, Ping, Azure AD, etc.
• Good Knowledge of cloud security best practices and Compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP)

• You have exceptional problem-solving skills with strong written and verbal communication abilities
• You pay attention to details.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD, terraform.
• Experience with building and managing services with 99.999 SLA.