What You'll Do

As a passionate, innovative and action-oriented engineering leader , you will be part of the development team building the Next Generation microservices-based private cloud, delivering state-of-the-art: opensource, 3rd party and custom-designed applications for our users.

Who You'll Work With

Inspiring innovator, passionate software development team, modernizing the Software Development Experience at Cisco, bringing best in class Tools Infrastructure, solutions that are simple to use and easy to manage  for use by engineering. This role aims at revolutionizing the way every engineer at Cisco lives, plays, works and learns!

Who You Are

You are experienced  software engineer, writing code and tools to create the right solution, driven by the need to do things as close to perfection as possible. You like working in high performing teams and being able to get involved in the details when needed. Seeking to understand how things work and why things dont work to continuously improve self, the team and the technologies you work with. 

You lead by example and demonstrate excellence in collaboration and communication, with a knack for creative problem solving and a proven track record for leading teams to deliver high quality outcomes. An effective spokesperson and champion for the engineering teams, passionate about mentoring and developing engineers to build a strong bench.  A thought leader and a rigorous thinker who is equally comfortable and capable interacting with technologists .   A collaborative engineering professional with substantial experience design and development and bring a strong perspective that drives change and  motivated to develop simple solutions to complex problems in our Engineering Group.  A Product and Software Quality Champion by engaging with all phases of Software Development Lifecycle and particularly contributing to the infrastructure to help accelerate Software Release delivery while improving Product Quality.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Promote architecture evolution across Cisco to enable Cloud and as-a-Service capabilities and offers
• Establish strong architectural alignment for the products and architectures across the organization
• Collaborate with Architecture and Engineering teams to scope technical requirements for proposed integrations
• Drive initial proofs of concept in partnership with engineering, integrate findings into the product roadmap
• Be passionate about crafting market leading products with excellent user experience
• Entrepreneurship, creative problem-solving skills, and a strong desire to make an impact
• Ability to dig into how complex things work, and determining how to make them simpler
• Data driven and analytics-based focus
• Have a hands-on nature with a strong interest in technology products
• Take strong initiative with ability to work independently with limited direction
• Confidently present in front of audiences of all sizes
• Be a great written and verbal communicator

Minimum Requirements for this role:

• BS Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• 5+ years of related experience
• Experience as: Agile Software Development | Test Automation Python | OpenStack | Docker | Kubernetes | CI/CD
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong presentation skills
• Self-starter who works well with others
• Work well in a fast-paced environment with short turnaround times
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and cloud architectural patterns such as API services, Containerization, Micro-services, Application monitoring, and Elastic scaling
• Experience with (in order of preference) Python (preferably with AsyncIO)
• Experience with virtualization and containerization platforms like KVM, OpenStack, Docker
• Knowledge of web client-side languages HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Experience with distribute compute, distributed microservices architecture design and implementation
• Knowledge of Postgresql, MongoDB, Elastic, Cassandra, InfluxDB, Redis, SharedFS (NFS, GlusterFS)
• Experience with OAuth and security protocols
• Experience using CI/CD systems including GitHub, Ansible
• Experience with loadbalancers like nginx, haproxy and Kong

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Who We Are

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think were old (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but were also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do you cant put us in a box!

But Digital Transformation is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Dont care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? Thats cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!