Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a leading technology company focused on revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop control plane software for security features used in smart switching platforms and distributed firewall systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop control plane features for network security products using Go in Linux-based environments
- Build and maintain APIs used for policy configuration, deployment workflows, logging, and operational visibility
- Integrate third-party components and internal services into Cisco security platforms
- Collaborate with data plane and platform engineering teams to deliver end-to-end feature functionality
- Contribute to architecture discussions, feature design, and technical execution for new security capabilities
- Ability to collaborate effectively with peers across a geographically distributed team, with regular overlap during Pacific Time (PST/ PDT) business hours
Skills
- Bachelor's degree + 8 years of related software engineering experience, or Master's + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
- 5+ years of development experience in languages such as Go, C, or C++
- Experience developing software in Linux environments
- Experience building or maintaining software for security, networking, or infrastructure products or distributed systems
- Experience developing software for cloud-native applications or services deployed on Kubernetes or similar distributed platforms
- 5+ years of professional Go development experience
- Experience designing and developing APIs using REST, gRPC, or Protocol Buffers
- Experience working with Kubernetes-based applications, including developing, deploying, debugging, or operating software running in Kubernetes environments
- Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts such as CRDs, Kubernetes APIs, controllers, RBAC, or secrets management
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including network flows, policy enforcement, load balancing, or network configuration concepts
- Experience working with distributed systems or network infrastructure platforms
- Familiarity with network configuration technologies such as YANG, NETCONF, telemetry, or similar infrastructure configuration frameworks
- Experience working effectively in a remote or distributed team environment
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employees birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Ciscos flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Ciscos policies.
- For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Ciscos policies.
- Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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