Cisco Software Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

295199900

The application window is expected to close on: 2/3/2025. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer on our team, you are curious and a problem solver. You love to learn and grow and work in an environment that is constantly evolving. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of AI and ML networking infrastructure. You will be at the forefront of developing innovative solutions that enhance backend network capabilities, directly supporting cutting-edge AI and ML developments. You'll also join an agile team engaged in the design, development and testing of the Management Plane required for the Cisco 8000 platforms. You will have the opportunity to:

• Design, develop and validate:
• Manageability agents for Netconf, GNMI and Telemetry.
• Yang models for operational and configuration data on the embedded system.
• Design and develop High-scale statistics streaming infrastructure on the embedded system that feed onbox/offbox analytics engines.
• Develop test framework to validate embedded system manageability software modules.
• Contribute to the Open-Source SONiC community.
• Interact and communicate directly with our customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or a like technical field with 6 + years of relevant work experience, or a Masters with 4 + years of related experience.
• Programming experience is C, C++ or Python.
• Experience with Networking technologies such as data-plane, L2/L3, IPv4/IPv6, Overlay networks, etc.
• Software development experience with Linux based platforms or other like network operating systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to SONiC or experience working with the SONiC open-source community.
• Experience working with SDKs, preferred with SAI library development for switches, NPUs or DPUs.
• Exposure to ML and AI related technologies.
• Strong knowledge of networking technologies including:
• Layer 2: VLAN, Port Channel, MCLAG.
• Layer 3: IPv4, IPv6, VxLAN, Tunnels.
• QoS: Queuing, Policers, WRED, PFC, ECN.
• ACL: L2, L3, Ingress, Egress, ACL based forwarding.
• Experience working directly with end customers and providing direct technical solutions to customers.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment across software and silicon teams.