20 hours ago
Base Salary
$168k - $245k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and deliver data-plane and control-plane software.
- Develop forwarding and services data-plane feature sets for the Cisco 8000 Platform using SONiC.
- Design, develop, test, and support data-center networking features.
- Write clean and maintainable C++ and Python code.
- Develop automated test suites for kernel module validation.
- Work with networking features including L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, QoS, and mirroring.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of related experience, or master's degree plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year.
- At least 3 years of programming experience in C/C++.
- At least 2 years of experience using Python to build automated test suites for kernel module validation, including frameworks such as Pytest.
- At least 2 years of experience with Linux.
- Preferred: knowledge of Linux Kernel and open-standard networking systems and APIs such as SONiC and SAI.
- Preferred: knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, EVPN, and ACLs.
- Preferred: experience with GDB and PDB debugging tools and with Git, Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipeline tools.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to eligibility.
- Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday day off, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, and sick time.
- Up to 10 paid volunteer days per year and additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues.
- Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses subject to company policies.
- The application window is expected to close on October 29, 2026.
About Cisco
Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.