Software Engineering Technical Leader
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Location:Bangalore, India
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Area of InterestEngineer - Software
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Job TypeProfessional
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Technology InterestSecurity
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Job Id1438293
Meet the Team
Cisco Next Generation Fire Power Threat Defence (FTD) is the flagship product from Security Business Group (SBG). FTD integrates award-winning ASA Firewall services and world's best & well known IPS engine SNORT into a high-performance appliance. It is an extremely successful product and continue to lead the market with threat centric focus and market differentiating features. Though we take phenomenal pride in being market leaders in threat security for long time, we are constantly innovating and improving our solutions to address the ever-changing threat perceptions and changing data security paradigms so that our customers are always secured. We take our customers trust in us very seriously and go all the way to ensure we protect their data all times. Our team works on leading security and threat mitigation solutions that are highly scalable and easily manageable.
Currently, FTD team in India is looking for talented and motivated individuals who can work optimally in a collaborative environment and lead/contribute to the development and test of our next generation firewall technologies
Your Impact
- You will be part of the Firewall Management team, collaborating with Platform and AI teams to coordinate firewall capabilities with the Cisco Security Cloud.
- You will drive design solutions, lead projects, manage timelines, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver impactful work.
- You will showcase strong design craft, create high-quality artifacts, and contribute to design systems and research.
- You will solve feature-level challenges, engage in design processes, and align priorities with team goals while fostering collaboration and user empathy.
- You will advocate for users, validate designs through research, and use storytelling to convey experiences while shaping the product roadmap with insights.
- You will take ownership, drive solutions, and lead design discussions while balancing business and technical needs.
- You will champion cross-functional feedback, lead critiques, and collaborate effectively while proactively managing team-wide impact.
Minimum Qualifications
12+ years of experience in Networking/Security Domain Development & Testing, proven as a Technical Leader & domain expert
Proficient in TCP/IP Networking, Routing Protocols, Access Control Policies, NAT, Carrier grade NAT, VPN, ZTNA, L3-L7 Inspection, Network management, IPv6
Expertise on Network security (Intrusion prevention / Intrusion detection / NAT / Access-list / IPSEC and SSL VPN / TLS)
Experience and knowledge on - Routing & Switching (OSPF / BGP / EIGRP / VLAN / STP / DHCP / multicast)
Should have worked in Virtual technologies (ESXi, KVM, AWS, Azure, OCI)
Hands on experience with Legitimate and Malware Application Traffic generator tools, Linux, Windows, Packet tracer, Wireshark and tcpdump Tools
Familiar with - Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Juniper, Fortinet products preferred
Strong automation background on Python, Java etc.
Should have experience in UI & API based test automation
Experience in DevOps, Continuous integration and Continuous delivery tools are made valuable contributions.
Technically Lead & participate in Test & Automation of the New/Existing Functionality in the Product with deep focus on P&S, Solution Testing
Ability to focus on deep internal aspects of the feature and its integration with the OS
Should learn new features, technologies and platforms in a relatively short amount of time
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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.
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