What You'll Do
We are looking for a Technical Leader/Senior software engineer to assist in the design and development of Data plane & Service Chaining for Cloud Native Networking solutions. Develop industry leading performance modular software data plane (L2 - L7) using FD.io/VPP packet process engine. You'll work with engineering team to develop new features for packet processing of multiple protocols and help the integration in various virtualized, containerized, and bare metal environments. You will be responsible for coding, unit testing and maintaining features. In addition to code development, you will craft & implement private cloud, public cloud and multicloud related solutions.
Who You'll Work With
The Cloud & Network Security (CNS) is part of Security Business Group (SBG) and its mission is to help people connect securely with confidence on any device, to any application, anywhere, anytime. The Cloud Networking & Data Plane team, which is part of this business unit, focuses on delivering fast user space virtualized networking solutions to SBG as well as other Business Units.
You'll be part of an encouraging and expert team who is responsible and passionate about delivery and producing results. You'll be able to carve your own path while working closely aligned with project and team goals.
Who You Are
You are a software engineer who is very capable of taking requirements to completion. You are required to have deep understanding of L2-L7 packet processing and data plane protocols. Proficient with Kubernetes, AWS as well as virtualization technologies is desired. Most importantly, you're able to learn new technologies or concepts quickly and work well with other team members.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree with at least 8+ years delivering packet processing, high performance networking and cloud software written in C/C++, Python and GO.
3+ years of experience with Linux-based operating systems, virtual machines, cloud-based services, and networking protocols.
Ability to work with general on-call requirement
Preferred skills:
Master's degree preferred.
Experience with Containerization and Kubernetes knowledge is desired.
CPU hardware architecture (Arm64, x86_64) is desired.
Why Cisco Secure
We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.
Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.
We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!
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