דרושים Leader Engineering ב-Cisco ב-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

You will be involved with a fast-paced work environment and responsible for end-to-end product development and production support. As a technical lead, you will be giving to the below activities:

• Be responsible for the design, development, and deployment of software solutions leveraging SONiC to work with hardware infrastructure and platform-level components.
• Develop and maintain platform adaptation layers for detailed integration between SONiC and underlying hardware (e.g., ASICs, BMC, optics modules, and other platform elements).
• Collaborate with hardware teams to enable optimal hardware-software interactions and expose hardware capabilities—including optical diagnostics and SerDes tunables—through SONiC interfaces.
• Write, review, and optimize code for critical system modules, drivers, and APIs supporting high-performance data planes and control planes.
• Implement support for optical module management (e.g., DOM, power budgeting, module fault handling) and SerDes tuning/configuration via SAI or platform-specific SDKs.
• Develop and maintain AN/LT (Auto-Negotiation and Link Training) logic integration across supported ASIC platforms for varied link bring-up.

• Define the technical architecture to integrate SONiC with platform infrastructure, ensuring scalability and high availability.
• Design robust interfaces between SONiC and platform-specific management/control modules (e.g., telemetry, diagnostics, optics monitoring, and security components).
• Lead efforts to optimize resource utilization, power efficiency, and operational stability of the network platform.
• Architect solutions to support multiple optical form factors (QSFP-DD, OSFP, SFP-DD), breakout modes, and varying signaling rates (25G, 50G PAM4, 100G/lane) within SONiC's platform layer.

• Provide technical direction to the development team, mentoring junior and mid-level engineers on software engineering standard methodologies and advanced networking concepts.
• Guide the team in debugging sophisticated link bring-up issues involving optics/SerDes/ANLT interactions across hardware and firmware layers.
• Coordinate multi-functional activities between software, hardware, QA, and systems integration teams.
• Drive code reviews, technical discussions, and issue resolution to ensure timely and quality work you're doing.

• Act as a key liaison with open-source SONiC communities, giving to upstream development and demonstrating community innovations.
• Collaborate with product management and customers to understand use cases, capture requirements, and align work with business objectives—including emerging optics-related features such as CMIS support or link tuning APIs.
• Own the evaluation and adoption of new tools, technologies, and methodologies to accelerate development and testing cycles, particularly in optics and link performance diagnostics.

• Bachelors of Science
• 12+ years of experience in software development within the networking or telecommunications industry
• Expertise in C, C++, Python, Bash scripting
• Software development experience with Linux-based platforms or other network operating systems such as SONiC
• Experience with platform infrastructure such as ASIC drivers, BMC, and network OS development
• Familiarity with optical transceivers (QSFP-DD, OSFP, SFP+, etc.), SerDes configuration, and AN/LT debugging across vendor SDKs
• Experience working with virtualization, containerization, and orchestration frameworks such as Docker, Kubernetes, or similar
• Experience leading teams or technical projects in a sophisticated development environment

• Experience in CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with platform-level security requirements and compliance frameworks
• Understanding of telemetry systems and software-defined networking (SDN)
• Exposure to SONiC or experience working with the SONiC open-source community
• Knowledge of hardware abstraction layers and SDKs from major networking silicon providers (Broadcom, Marvell, Mellanox/NVIDIA, etc.)
• Experience with optical technologies including:
• CMIS management interface for modern optical modules
• SerDes tuning and signal integrity validation
• Auto-negotiation and link training on PAM4-based interfaces
• Breakout configurations and retimer behavior
• Troubleshooting link flaps and optical faults across high-speed interface

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