Software Engineer | C/C++, Switching, Routing Technologies, Linux, VPLS, VPWS, EVPN | 8-12 Years

Meet The Team We deliver common software modules for Cisco Network Operating System (NOS) IOS XR and work on forwarding infra-areas along with complete L2 forwarding (PD) portfolio on DNX (BCM chipset based) products. L2 PD includes EVPN (p2p/p2mp), VPWS, VPLS running over different transport services that forms the next gen network for SP/Webscalar customers. This complex network management needs different protocols e.g. ERPS, MSTP, PVRST, LACP, LLDP, L2PT, Dot1x for catering different requirements. Platform dependent handling for these protocols is owned by this team which requires day to day work in BRCM SDK microcode.

Your Impact As a key member of Cisco IOS XR Platform dependent Software Development team, you will:

• Collaborate with account teams, product management, other engineering team, architect and design sophisticated product requirements/challenges.
• Demonstrate strong technical leadership via innovative solutions to customer problems including successful deployment.
• Partner with other senior architects across Cisco on new opportunities and broad initiatives.
• Be in the forefront of development of complex projects, working with managers for detailed planning and execution strategy, identify intermediate, well-defined achievements.
• Act as a mentor and develop strong technical talent, leading towards development of long-term expertise, technical competency.
• Do innovation within the team and chip in to Cisco’s intellectual property.
• Strengthen product quality by identifying hot spots and deriving solution for the same.
• Keep up to date with technology trends relevant to the group, adopt newer technologies and rapid prototyping to demonstrate.

Minimum Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech or higher degree in CS/EC or equivalent with 8+ years in the networking or equivalent domains
• An accomplished software engineer with experience in building resilient, scalable, and secure platforms using opensource and commercial software
• Extensive experience in architecting and design of complex networking systems and various software engineering principles
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of routing and switching technologies, including EVPN, MPLS, VXLAN, VPWS, VPLS various L2/L3 protocols
• Expert and experience in C/C++, Python, Linux system programming, process and memory management, multithreading

Preferred Qualifications

• BRCM pipeline understanding along with working experience is preferred
• Experience with microcode is a plus
• Experience with workflow definition using any LLM agents for custom task has extra weightage
• Candidates with demonstrated experience in team leadership and management are preferred.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

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