Job Description

Who We Are

Internet became a reality because of Cisco and its intelligent innovations in WAN engineering over multiple decades. We are reinventing WAN now and disrupting the market. If you love the challenge of building a highly scalable intelligent distributed system, then please join the party. We are abstracting WAN infrastructure and programmatically building a highly flexible controller-based software defined solution to provide intent based networking. Our solutions provide secure connectivity to users & devices from anywhere in the world to their favorite application running in cloud, on premise or as SaaS. We give the opportunity to learn and innovate in a vast technology space of Security, Analytics, Telemetry, Distributed System, Machine learning and endless other areas. We strive to create an open and transparent culture where we embrace new ideas with open arms.

Who you'll Work With

You will be working on vManage team. vManage is a highly scalable distributed network management and analytics system, responsible for managing customer network, provisioning devices connect to cloud applications based on intelligent policies. You will be part of an elite software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies in SD-WAN and connecting to cloud applications. You will have the opportunity to work with leading-edge networking technologies in the areas of SD-WAN.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies in SDWAN. You will drive a multi-functional team of engineers to design and develop infrastructure software for vManage, a controller for SDWAN networks.

You will serve as a critical issue point for features owned, and dedicatedly participate in customer issues and calls. You will innovate with the engineering team across products, on quality and process. You will help to hire the best and improve team productivity. You will promote good software engineering discipline with PRD reviews, Functional Specifications, code reviews, unit tests, and automation.

The Enterprise Networking Business (ENB) is responsible for Routing, Switching, Wireless, Security, and Core Software at Cisco—we are the largest revenue contributor for the company.

• Extremely motivated, passionate about learning and contributing to the team and the business with "can do" attitude.
• Strong design/programming ethic. Knowledge of designing large-scale distributed systems in cloud environments is preferred.
• Commitment to Quality: Ability to ensure and commit to a higher standard of quality than usual in the face of time to market pressures. Strong OS fundamentals and SaaS concepts is vital. In-depth experience designing networking systems with forwarding, control plane and services preferred.
• Typically requires MSEE/CS with 5-7 years of related experience or BSEE/CS combined with 7-10+ years of management experience
• Prior experience in leadership required
• Strong experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications and services
• Prior experience with authentication and authorization standards, protocols and technologies, including OAuth2, RBAC etc. SSO, certificate lifecycle management.
• Good understanding of BigData ecosystem and technology stack like Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch, Neo4J.
• Previous experience in Database Internals, containers and orchestration technologies, Docker, and Kubernetes is a definite plus
• Proficiency in programming languages like Java, GoLang, Python.
• Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging complex systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques
• Solid execution skills, ability to connect the dots and mitigate risks
• Review PRD, SFS, Test plans, and other documentations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work multi-functionally
• Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, phenomenal teammate
• Should be able to handle multiple tasks at once and work independently with minimal managerial guidance
• Have experience in customer deployments
• Be open to continuous learning and committed to ongoing self-improvement.
• Initiate and participate in organizational efforts to improve overall group productivity

We Are Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Here’s how we do it.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (30 years strong!) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. An AI/Machine Learning company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do – you can’t put us in a box!

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, we give our egos a break, and we give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, we take bold steps, and we take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a commitment to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.