Job Description

What You\'ll DoCisco provides you an excellent opportunity to take your career aspirations forward. You will bring your unique talents to the group that works on Cisco\'s Switching technology, which large enterprises now consider to be the Networking Equipment of choice for important networks. In your role as Lead Software Engineer, you will develop and integrate products that are deployed by some of the top tier Enterprises in the world. You will work on networking equipment that forms a crucial backbone of many offices, hospitals, educational and financial institutions. You will work with a BU-wide vibrant technical community, exchanging ideas and innovating on next-gen technology, all the while exploring opportunities for personal growth. Experience the exhilaration of mentoring colleagues and working on ground breaking technologies.Who You\'ll Work WithAs an integral member of this team, you will work with a team of top-tier engineers. You will have the opportunity to architect, design, and develop some of the world\'s most widely deployed Enterprise Switches that are continuously evolving towards enabling the support of newer and exciting customer business paradigms.You will be interacting and working closely with some of the finest talent pool in the industry - where you will find that work is both fun and challenging.Who You AreExcellent quality is what drives you. To ensure this, you have a detailed understanding of distributed/centralized hardware architectures of routers/switches. Your concepts are strong and you have a good knowledge of L2, L3, and MPLS protocols and forwarding infrastructure. You possess the necessary skills to work in a highly collaborative, inclusive, and agile atmosphere in partnership with multi-functional teams.

• Experience: 9-12 years
• Bachelors degree in CS/EE/EC or technical equivalent.
• Ability to write good software in C.
• Experience with real-time O/S (VxWorks, pSOS or IOS, Linux, etc.)
• Expertise in using Unix/Linux development tools, and Linux virtualization.
• Experience in network processor programming, POSIX thread programming.
• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals, multicast protocols, network synchronization, segment routing, SDN, manageability (telemetry, gRPC, Netconf/Yang, etc.)

Services Team:If the opening is for the Services Team, you should have good knowledge about Network Security Protocols like IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.1AE, NAT, IPSec etc Having working knowledge in areas like QoS, Netflow and Openflow will help you quickly integrate with the team and its mandate.Forwarding Team:Good understanding of bridging and routing fundamentals. Working knowledge of unicast and multicast packet forwarding for both bridging and routing cases. Good understanding on campus or enterprise network deployment architectures. Hands on experience in development of L2 or L3 control plane protocols like STP/RSTP,UDLD, IGMP, RIP/OSPF/BGP/ISIS, BFD, PIM/MLD. Hands on experience in configuring and solve data plane features in ASICs.Why Cisco?#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We\'re the Internet\'s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it\'s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We\'re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We\'re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other\'s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we\'re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.So, you have colorful hair? Don\'t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That\'s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCiscoMessage to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate\'s hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.U.S. employees have to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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