13 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Design and develop IOS-XR forwarding features including QoS, mirroring, slowpath, OAM, EVPN, VPLS, SRv6, Segment Routing, and MPLS.
- Implement data-plane logic, NPU microcode, and SDK interactions for efficient packet processing.
- Debug software defects using logs, core dumps, packet traces, and hardware-software analysis.
- Profile and optimize forwarding software to reduce latency and maximize throughput.
- Use AI/LLM tools for code generation, unit-test creation, static analysis, and debugging.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5–10 years of embedded software development experience for networking products.
- Strong proficiency in Embedded C and Python for scripting and test automation.
- Knowledge of NPU-based data-plane architectures, pipelining, table management, and packet-processing flows.
- Implementation experience with Layer 2/Layer 3 forwarding and protocols including EVPN, VPLS, SRv6, Segment Routing, MPLS, IPv4/IPv6, TE tunnels, GRE tunnels, BFD, BGP Flowspec, ACLs, or slowpath forwarding.
- Understanding of service-provider router deployments and ability to debug component-level hardware, software, and memory-management issues.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, code reviews, ClearCase, Valgrind, DDTS, and GDB.
- Preferred qualifications include IOS-XR or carrier-grade operating-system experience, BCM/Silicon One/Ezchip NPU programming, and familiarity with AI/ML software-engineering tools such as Copilot.
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.