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  • Location:
    Milpitas, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    146600 USD - 203100 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Software Development
  • Job Id
    1443141

Applications are accepted until further notice.

Meet the Team

Cisco's Enterprise Access Switching Group is the industry leader in enterprise networking with a proven track record of delivering innovative wired and wireless solutions. This position is part of the Software development team.

Your Impact

You will be a Software Development Engineer working with an extraordinary software engineering team working on various revolutionary switching technologies. Opportunity to work with powerful networking technologies in the areas of high-speed, dedicated switches for the Access/Campus market segments.

  • Highly motivated, passionate about learning and giving back to the team and company with a “can do” attitude.
  • Strong design and programming ethic. Knowledge of large-scale system design in C/C++ environments is preferred.
  • Commitment to Quality: Ability to ensure and commit to a higher than usual level of quality in the face of market pressures.
  • Solid operating system fundamentals and networking concepts are required.
  • Extensive experience in designing networking systems with Forwarding, Security, ACL, and VXLAN (Overlay) technologies
  • Responsibilities:
  • Participate in a project team of engineers involved in software development for our next-generation campus switching architectures.
  • Define, architect, design and deliver new software and features for campus switching platforms
  • Daily activities will involve creating new features, understanding the functionality of a competitive product and proposing solutions that work for our platform, writing functional and design specifications, programming, unit and integration testing your code, assisting with reviewing specifications and code for other software engineers on the team, and assisting the documentation team with configuration aspects of your feature.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Typically requires MSEE/CS combined with 3-5 years of related experience or BSEE/CS combined with 6-8 years of experience
  • Good understanding of various networking protocols and standards.
  • Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging complex systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques
  • Implement tests, track and log issues and drive them till resolution with verification of bug fixes
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work multi-functionally.

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Self-motivated, strong sense of ownership, great teammate
  • Must be able to handle multiple tasks at once and work independently with minimal managerial oversight.
  • Have experience in customer deployments
  • Be open to continuous learning and committed to on-going self-improvement.
  • Initiate and participate in organizational efforts to improve overall software quality, new innovation

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us! 

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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