Software Engineer - Networking

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  • Location:
    Milpitas, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Network
  • Compensation Range
    152500 USD - 219200 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking
  • Job Id
    1449329

This is a hybrid role working on-site a minimum of 3 days a week in Milpitas, CA office.



Meet the Team:


The Cisco Distributed System Engineering (DSE) group leads the development of products that power the world’s largest networks, driving the industry’s transformation to support the growing demands of AI/ML workloads and increasing internet usage. By leveraging open-source technologies and advancing Systems and Silicon Architecture, the team builds large-scale distributed systems, collaborates with open-source communities, and delivers end-to-end product development and production support in a fast-paced environment. 



Your Impact:

As a Networking Engineer, you'll join an agile team engaged in the design, development and testing data-center features set in Cisco 8000 Platform using SONiC network operating system. In this role you’ll have opportunity to design, develop and learn about many feature sets such as L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, QoS, Mirroring, etc. 

  • Building and delivering data plane and control plane software 
  • Developing ‘forwarding’ and ‘services’ data plane feature sets 
  • Coding in C++ and Python to produce clean, maintainable code 


Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in CS (or related STEM field) with 5+ years of experience in Engineering, Master's with 3+ years of experience in Engineering or PhD with 1+ years of experience in Engineering
  • Experience programming in C/C++ and Python
  • Experience with Linux


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Open Standard Networking Systems and APIs: SONiC, SAI, etc
  • Knowledge of Networking protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, EVPN 
  • Experience using debugging tools such as GDB, PDB 
  • Understanding of tools such as GIT, Jira, Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline tools 

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. Simply put – we power the future. 


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. 


We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 


Message 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 access 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 (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

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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