Software Engineering Technical Leader

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  • Location:
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    133900 CAD - 173000 CAD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Cloud and Data Center
  • Job Id
    1441587
Meet the Team

Cisco's DCN (Data Center Networking) Engineering group is responsible for developing and maintaining network controller software as part of Cisco's suite of software-defined networking (SDN) solutions. The group focuses on creating advanced, intelligent controllers that enable more agile, secure, and scalable management of network infrastructure. Cisco revolutionizes the way we connect, communicate, and collaborate. We have consistently been at the forefront of IP-based networking technology innovation, covering a vast spectrum that includes routing, switching, security, unified communications, video solutions, and wireless networking. Committed to ethical business practices, we are dedicated to ensuring long-term business sustainability and fostering an eco-friendly approach in both operations and product offerings.

Your Impact

You will play a pivotal role in the testing and advancement of our innovative network controller software. Your technical expertise will contribute to the ongoing evolution of our intent-based networking solutions, ensuring they meet the complex and dynamic needs of modern networks. Additional job responsibilities for this Technical Leader are listed below.

  • Support the design, development and validation of new features for Cisco's DCN software.
  • Collaborate with various teams to integrate network control, automation, and analytics capabilities into the product.
  • Contribute to the architecture and design discussions, advocating for quality to be inbuilt for customer success.
  • Develop and maintain high-quality, efficient, and reusable automation code that aligns with Cisco's standards. Implement robust automated testing strategies to ensure the reliability and performance of the ACI software.
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in SDN, network automation, and cloud computing to inform product development.
  • Resolve technical issues in collaboration with the development, support and operations teams.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in STEM with 12+ years of relevant experience or Master’s in STEM with 7+ years of relevant experience or PhD in STEM with 4+ years of relevant experience
  • 5+ years of programming experience using Python
  • A minimum of 5+ years of experience working with Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking technologies, with a focus on troubleshooting, configuration, and optimization as well as experience with networking protocols such as VXLAN and VLAN, OSPF or BGP
  • Experience managing test automation infrastructure and test automation sanity suites as well as debugging and root cause analysis

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiar with Networking technologies and concepts
  • Experience with requirements analysis, test strategy, planning and testbed design
  • Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell programming)
  • Experience with formal verification tools
  • Experience with emulation

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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