1 day ago
Base Salary
$187k - $268k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop Go-based control-plane features for network security products in Linux environments.
- Build and maintain APIs and cloud-based configuration services that translate network and security policies into distributed infrastructure configurations.
- Develop network configuration and orchestration business logic involving VLANs, VRFs, VXLAN, topology, and TCP/IP communication.
- Build software that manages and distributes configuration across networking devices and systems.
- Work with YANG or similar network configuration and management standards.
- Integrate third-party components and internal services into Cisco security platforms.
- Collaborate with control-plane, data-plane, and platform engineering teams on end-to-end functionality.
- Contribute to architecture discussions, feature design, and technical execution.
- Collaborate with geographically distributed teammates during Pacific Time business hours.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of related software engineering experience, or a master’s degree plus 6 years, or a PhD plus 3 years.
- At least 5 years of development experience in Go or C++.
- Experience developing software in Linux environments.
- Experience developing networking or network infrastructure products.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, VRFs, VXLAN, network topology, routing, switching, and control-plane/data-plane interactions.
- Preferred: 5+ years of professional Go development experience.
- Preferred: experience designing and developing APIs with REST, gRPC, or Protocol Buffers.
- Preferred: experience developing, deploying, debugging, or operating Kubernetes-based applications.
- Preferred: familiarity with Kubernetes CRDs, APIs, controllers, RBAC, and secrets management.
- Preferred: experience with switching, routing, firewall, or other network infrastructure platforms.
- Preferred: familiarity with YANG, NETCONF, telemetry, or similar infrastructure configuration frameworks.
- Preferred: experience working effectively in remote or distributed teams.
Benefits
- Remote U.S.-based role requiring work within the Pacific Time Zone.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to plan eligibility.
- Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
- Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, and sick leave, subject to policy and employee classification.
- Optional paid volunteer days and additional paid time away for critical family or emergency issues.
- Non-sales employees may be eligible for annual bonuses subject to Cisco policies.
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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.