20 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test scalable, high-quality software components for Cisco IOS XE.
- Develop control-plane and data-plane software for switching, routing, wireless, and IIoT products.
- Analyze requirements and create software designs, functional specifications, and solutions.
- Troubleshoot complex issues to improve system stability, security, and performance.
- Drive engineering process improvements and adopt industry best practices.
- Contribute innovative ideas that may lead to intellectual property and patent opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience, or a PhD with 0 years of related experience.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills focused on reliable, maintainable, high-quality code.
- Experience or understanding of networking software or firmware, including control plane, data plane, Linux/RTOS, or networking OS internals.
- Knowledge of data structures, software architecture, and system design.
- Experience with wireless technologies including 802.11ac/ax/be and network testing tools such as IXIA or packet analyzers.
- Experience with Python, AI/LLMs, RAG, MCP, or intelligent network-diagnostics solutions is advantageous.
- Experience with TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and complex system architectures is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with high availability, IPC, memory management, distributed systems, containers, or virtualization is preferred.
- CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE certification is a plus; equivalent experience is valued.
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.